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About This Document

Purpose
This document describes the network position, highlights, architecture, configuration,
functions and features, and usage scenarios of Network Cloud Engine (NCE). With this
document, you can obtain an overall understanding of this product.

Intended Audience
This document is intended for:

l Network planning engineers

l Data configuration engineers
l System maintenance engineers

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Change History
Issue Date Description

05 2018-11-20 This issue is the fifth official release.

04 2018-09-30 This issue is the fourth official release.

03 2018-08-31 This issue is the third official release.

02 2018-07-20 This issue is the second official release.

01 2018-05-31 This issue is the first official release.

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Contents

About This Document.....................................................................................................................ii

1 Introduction.................................................................................................................................... 1
1.1 Positioning...................................................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Highlights....................................................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Architecture.................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 Solution Architecture......................................................................................................................................................4
2.2 Software Architecture.....................................................................................................................................................5
2.3 External Interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................... 7
2.3.1 NBIs.............................................................................................................................................................................7
2.3.1.1 XML NBI............................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.3.1.2 CORBA NBI...........................................................................................................................................................14
2.3.1.3 SNMP NBI............................................................................................................................................................. 17
2.3.1.4 TL1......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
2.3.1.5 Performance Text NBI (FTP Performance Text NBI)............................................................................................ 20
2.3.1.6 Customer OSS Test NBI.........................................................................................................................................20
2.3.1.7 RESTful NBI.......................................................................................................................................................... 21
2.3.2 SBIs........................................................................................................................................................................... 25
2.4 Southbound DCN Networking..................................................................................................................................... 32

3 Deployment Schemes................................................................................................................. 35
3.1 Software Deployment Modes....................................................................................................................................... 35
3.2 On-Premises Deployment.............................................................................................................................................55
3.3 Deployment on Private Clouds.....................................................................................................................................59

4 Configuration Requirements.................................................................................................... 63
4.1 Hardware Configurations for On-Premises Deployment............................................................................................. 63
4.2 Hardware Configurations for Deployment on Private Clouds..................................................................................... 66
4.3 Server Configurations...................................................................................................................................................67
4.4 Client Configurations................................................................................................................................................... 68
4.5 Bandwidth Configurations............................................................................................................................................68

5 High Availability.........................................................................................................................71
5.1 Hardware Availability...................................................................................................................................................71
5.2 Software Availability.................................................................................................................................................... 73

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5.3 DR Solutions.................................................................................................................................................................74

6 Security.......................................................................................................................................... 76
6.1 Security Architecture.................................................................................................................................................... 76
6.2 Security Functions........................................................................................................................................................ 77

7 Functions and Features............................................................................................................... 80

7.1 System and Common Functions................................................................................................................................... 80
7.1.1 System Management..................................................................................................................................................80
7.1.2 Alarm Management................................................................................................................................................... 84
7.1.3 Security Management................................................................................................................................................ 93
7.1.3.1 User Management...................................................................................................................................................93
7.1.3.2 Log Management.................................................................................................................................................. 100
7.2 Network Management................................................................................................................................................ 103
7.2.1 Basic Functions........................................................................................................................................................104
7.2.1.1 Topology Management......................................................................................................................................... 106
7.2.1.2 DCN Management................................................................................................................................................ 112
7.2.1.3 Performance Management.................................................................................................................................... 114
7.2.1.4 Inventory Management.........................................................................................................................................123
7.2.1.5 Customized O&M Using iSStar........................................................................................................................... 136
7.2.1.6 NE Software Management....................................................................................................................................136
7.2.2 Transport Network Management............................................................................................................................. 138
7.2.3 Access Network Management................................................................................................................................. 142
7.2.4 IP Network Management.........................................................................................................................................144
7.2.4.1 NE Management................................................................................................................................................... 144
7.2.4.2 Service Management............................................................................................................................................ 146
7.2.5 Third-Party NE Management.................................................................................................................................. 149
7.3 Service Provisioning...................................................................................................................................................149
7.3.1 Optical Service Provisionin..................................................................................................................................... 149
7.3.1.1 Service Profile...................................................................................................................................................... 150
7.3.1.2 Agile Service Provisioning................................................................................................................................... 150
7.3.1.3 BOD......................................................................................................................................................................151
7.3.1.4 Scheduled Service Provisioning........................................................................................................................... 152
7.3.1.5 Resource Visualization......................................................................................................................................... 153
7.3.2 OVPN...................................................................................................................................................................... 153
7.3.3 Automated Private Line Provisioning..................................................................................................................... 154
7.3.3.1 Resource Management......................................................................................................................................... 155
7.3.3.2 Service Design...................................................................................................................................................... 156
7.3.3.3 Service Deployment............................................................................................................................................. 158
7.3.3.4 Service Assurance.................................................................................................................................................158
7.3.4 Multi-Layer Network Navigator..............................................................................................................................159
7.3.4.1 Multi-Layer Discovery......................................................................................................................................... 160
7.3.4.2 Multi-Layer Provisioning..................................................................................................................................... 161
7.3.4.3 Multi-Layer Monitoring....................................................................................................................................... 161

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7.3.4.4 Multi-Layer Optimization.....................................................................................................................................164

7.4 Analysis and Assurance..............................................................................................................................................164
7.4.1 Optical Network Survivability Analysis..................................................................................................................164
7.4.2 Key Event Assurance...............................................................................................................................................165
7.4.3 Network Analysis and Optimization....................................................................................................................... 166
7.4.3.1 Network Analysis................................................................................................................................................. 166
7.4.3.1.1 Performance Overview...................................................................................................................................... 166
7.4.3.1.2 IP RAN Analysis Reports..................................................................................................................................170
7.4.3.1.3 Report Management.......................................................................................................................................... 177
7.4.3.1.4 Regional Map.................................................................................................................................................... 177
7.4.3.1.5 Performance Topology.......................................................................................................................................179
7.4.3.1.6 Service Bandwidth Analysis..............................................................................................................................181
7.4.3.1.7 Scheduled Report Task Management................................................................................................................ 182
7.4.3.1.8 Object Management...........................................................................................................................................183
7.4.3.1.9 TWAMP Quality Monitoring.............................................................................................................................185
7.4.3.1.10 Trace Test.........................................................................................................................................................192
7.4.3.1.11 ATN+CX Network Path Restoration and Fault Diagnosis.............................................................................. 193
7.4.3.1.12 IP Network Path Restoration and Fault Diagnosis.......................................................................................... 197
7.4.3.2 IP Network Optimization......................................................................................................................................199
7.4.3.2.1 Performance Overview...................................................................................................................................... 199
7.4.3.2.2 Traffic Monitoring............................................................................................................................................. 199
7.4.3.2.3 Manual Optimization......................................................................................................................................... 200
7.4.3.3 MPLS Network Optimization...............................................................................................................................201
7.4.3.3.1 Performance Overview...................................................................................................................................... 202
7.4.3.3.2 Traffic Monitoring............................................................................................................................................. 202
7.4.3.3.3 Manual Optimization......................................................................................................................................... 203
7.4.3.3.4 Automatic Optimization.................................................................................................................................... 205
7.4.3.3.5 Optimization History Playback......................................................................................................................... 206
7.4.3.3.6 Maintenance Window........................................................................................................................................ 206
7.4.3.4 Telemetry Collection............................................................................................................................................ 207
7.4.4 Private Line Analysis and Assurance...................................................................................................................... 208
7.4.5 What-If Analysis......................................................................................................................................................212

8 Usage Scenarios......................................................................................................................... 228

8.1 Enterprise Private Line............................................................................................................................................... 228
8.1.1 Optical Private Line.................................................................................................................................................228
8.1.2 IP Private Line......................................................................................................................................................... 230
8.1.3 Multi-Domain Multi-Vendor IP RAN Private Line.................................................................................................232
8.1.3.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 232
8.1.3.2 Usage Scenarios....................................................................................................................................................233
8.1.4 Cloud Private Line...................................................................................................................................................241
8.1.4.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 241
8.1.4.2 Usage Scenarios....................................................................................................................................................241

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8.1.5 IP+Optical Multi-Domain Multi-Vendor Private Line............................................................................................ 243

8.1.5.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 243
8.1.5.1.1 Definition...........................................................................................................................................................243
8.1.5.1.2 Benefits.............................................................................................................................................................. 244
8.1.5.2 Usage Scenarios....................................................................................................................................................245
8.1.5.2.1 Single-Domain Scenario....................................................................................................................................245
8.1.5.2.2 Multi-___domain Scenarios.................................................................................................................................... 246
8.1.6 Optical Multi-Domain Private Line.........................................................................................................................254
8.1.6.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 254
8.1.6.2 Usage Scenarios....................................................................................................................................................256
8.1.7 SPTN....................................................................................................................................................................... 258
8.1.7.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 258
8.1.7.1.1 Definition...........................................................................................................................................................258
8.1.7.1.2 Benefits.............................................................................................................................................................. 259
8.1.7.2 Usage Scenarios....................................................................................................................................................260
8.2 Mobile Broadband...................................................................................................................................................... 267
8.2.1 5G Bearer.................................................................................................................................................................267
8.3 Home Broadband........................................................................................................................................................ 267
8.3.1 FTTx Solution..........................................................................................................................................................267
8.4 Backbone.................................................................................................................................................................... 273
8.4.1 Optical Backbone.................................................................................................................................................... 273
8.4.2 IP Backbone.............................................................................................................................................................274
8.4.3 IP+Optical Synergy Solution...................................................................................................................................275
8.4.3.1 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................................... 275
8.4.3.1.1 Definition...........................................................................................................................................................275
8.4.3.1.2 Benefits.............................................................................................................................................................. 277
8.4.3.2 Usage Scenarios....................................................................................................................................................277

9 Specifications............................................................................................................................. 283
9.1 Performance Specifications........................................................................................................................................ 283
9.2 Management Capabilities........................................................................................................................................... 287
9.2.1 Maximum Management Capabilities.......................................................................................................................287
9.2.2 Equivalent Coefficients........................................................................................................................................... 289
9.2.2.1 Equivalent NEs in the Transport Domain.............................................................................................................289
9.2.2.2 Equivalent NEs in the IP Domain.........................................................................................................................295
9.2.2.3 Equivalent NEs in the Access Domain.................................................................................................................303

10 Version Requirements............................................................................................................ 305

10.1 Controllers and NMSs.............................................................................................................................................. 305
10.2 MSTP Series............................................................................................................................................................. 306
10.3 WDM Series............................................................................................................................................................. 313
10.4 RTN Series................................................................................................................................................................324
10.5 PTN Series................................................................................................................................................................ 330
10.6 NE/ATN/CX/Multi-service gateways Series............................................................................................................ 337

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10.7 R/AR Series.............................................................................................................................................................. 346

10.8 RM9000 Series......................................................................................................................................................... 348
10.9 Switch Series............................................................................................................................................................ 349
10.10 VoIP Gateway Series.............................................................................................................................................. 352
10.11 Security Series........................................................................................................................................................ 353
10.12 iCache Series.......................................................................................................................................................... 361
10.13 FTTx Series............................................................................................................................................................ 361
10.14 D-CCAP Series.......................................................................................................................................................370
10.15 MSAN Series.......................................................................................................................................................... 372
10.16 DSLAM Series....................................................................................................................................................... 373
10.17 BITS/iSite/EDFA Series......................................................................................................................................... 375

11 Standards Compliance............................................................................................................376
A Glossary......................................................................................................................................382

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1 Introduction

1.1 Positioning
Trends and Challenges
With the rapid development of the Internet industry and the advent of the cloud era, new
business models are emerging one after another, and enterprises are moving towards
cloudification and digitalization. The telecom industry, as a digital transformation enabler for
various industries, faces both challenges and new business opportunities.
Service cloudification results in great flexibility and uncertainty in service applications.
However, there is a huge gap between carriers' infrastructure networks and various
applications.
l A large number of legacy networks coexist with newly-built software-defined
networking/network functions virtualization (SDN/NFV) networks, making it difficult or
costly to adapt to new services. Especially, deploying enterprise private line services
encounters long time to market (TTM), slow customer response, and inflexible packages.
l With the migration of enterprise applications to the cloud and the development of new
services such as the telecom cloud, the network traffic in carriers' pipes is more dynamic
and unpredictable, making traditional network planning and optimization impracticable
and posing high requirements on Service Level Agreement (SLA).
l With the continuous increase in the network scale and complexity, O&M complexity is
intensified. Carriers urgently need to take automatic deployment measures to reduce the
skill requirements for O&M personnel and effectively control the operating expense
(OPEX) in a long term.
Therefore, an intelligent adapter layer (that is, a brand-new management, control, and
maintenance system) needs to be established between the service applications and the
infrastructure networks. The system must be able to abstract network resources and
capabilities, implement automatic and centralized scheduling, and allow application
developers to conveniently invoke various network capabilities to continuously innovate
services and applications at an unpredicted rate.

Product Positioning
NCE is an innovative network cloud engine developed by Huawei. Positioned as the brain of
future cloud-based networks, NCE integrates functions such as network management, service

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control, and network analysis. It is the core enablement system for network resource pooling,
network connection automation and self-optimization, and O&M automation.

NCE is located at the management and control layer of the cloud network:

l NCE manages and controls IP, transport, and access devices on lower-layer networks,
supports unified management and control of SDN and legacy networks, and supports
automation of single-___domain, multi-___domain, and cross-layer services.
NCE can also connect to a third-party management and control system to implement
cross-vendor service orchestration and automation.
l NCE also opens capabilities to support interconnection and integration with upper-layer
OSSs, BSSs, and service orchestrators to support quick customization of the application
layer.

The goal of NCE is to build an intent-driven network (IDN) that is first automated, then self-
adaptive, and finally autonomous.

l Automated: Network deployment and maintenance are automated throughout the

network lifecycle.
l Self-adaptative: Service policies are automatically generated based on big data using the
real-time Analyzer to implement proactive maintenance and closed-loop optimization.
l Autonomous: Artificial intelligence and machine learning are used to build an intelligent
network that can automatically generate dynamic policies.

Figure 1-1 NCE network positioning

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1.2 Highlights
NCE is a network lifecycle automation platform that integrates management, control, and
analysis. It focuses on service automation, O&M automation, and network autonomy to
support carriers' transformations to network cloudification and digital operations.

Unified Management and Control Supporting Smooth Network Evolution

NCE integrates the functions of the traditional network management system (NMS) and SDN
controller to unify the management and control of SDN and non-SDN networks. It fully
utilizes the automation advantages of the SDN network, maximizes the value of existing
networks, and reduces the technical difficulty and risk of network evolution.

Network Analysis Providing Proactive Maintenance Based on Big Data

NCE uses technologies such as telemetry to collect network-wide data in real time. With the
help of its big data platform, NCE implements panoramic display and in-depth analysis of the
quality and traffic data of the entire network, to ensure that the network is running stably and
accurately implementing its users' intent.

Cloud Platform Supporting Flexible Deployment

NCE greatly simplifies O&M by using a unified cloud platform to provide O&M portals and
user authentication, identical API gateways, unified installation, deployment, and upgrade, as
well as consistent data models throughout the lifecycle.
NCE adopts a cloud-native service architecture, and its management, control, and analysis
modules can be deployed on demand to meet different customer requirements in different
scenarios.

Open Interfaces Implementing Agile DevOps

NCE provides open northbound interfaces (NBIs) to connect to third-party big data platforms
through RESTful APIs. NCE allows carriers or third-party partners to flexibly integrate,
reuse, and combine existing microservice and third-party capabilities. In this manner,
innovative service applications can be quickly developed and customized to adapt to
diversified and changing business scenarios and network technologies.

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2 Architecture

2.1 Solution Architecture

NCE is located at the management and control layer of the cloud network. It can manage and
control ubiquitous network devices, including the transport, IP, and access devices. It provides
open interfaces to quickly integrate with upper-layer application systems such as BSSs and
OSSs. Various apps can be developed and customized to accelerate service innovation and
achieve e-commerce-style operations.
Figure 2-1 shows the architecture of the NCE-enabled cloud network solution.

Figure 2-1 Architecture of the NCE-enabled cloud network solution

The functions of each layer of the cloud network are as follows:

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l Business application layer

Business applications are services that carriers provide to their customers. They include
traditional services such as broadband, video, and business-to-business (B2B) enterprise
private line services, as well as new services such as cloud computing and Internet of
Things (IoT) in vertical industries. Business applications are the form in which the value
of carriers' network infrastructure is monetized.
l Operation layer
The operation layer is a platform for carriers to implement digital operation
transformations. In addition to the traditional OSS and BSS systems, the operation layer
also includes service orchestrators, policy generators based on big data analysis and
artificial intelligence, and e-commerce-style portals that support self-service. The
operation layer provides functions such as network infrastructure resource presentation,
service path presentation, and service policy management to implement end-to-end
(E2E) operations of the entire network.
l Management and control layer
At the management and control layer, NCE manages basic network devices, controls
services, and converts business intentions into specific network connections.
NCE supports interconnection with third-party NMSs or controller systems and supports
unified orchestration and provisioning of multi-___domain, cross-___domain, and cross-layer
services.
By abstracting network capabilities and scheduling resources in a centralized manner,
NCE allows application developers to conveniently invoke and flexibly assemble various
network capabilities so that they can continuously and rapidly innovate their services and
applications.
l Infrastructure layer (physical layer)
The infrastructure layer (physical layer) is the network infrastructure of carriers,
including the devices on the transport, IP, and access networks. It implements the most
basic communication connection services. The infrastructure layer of a cloud network is
a constantly evolving and ubiquitously connected network that consists of existing
traditional networks and new SDN networks, and provides communication services with
high bandwith and low delay. Adapted and driven by NCE, devices at the connection
layer are abstracted into unified models to form network resource pools, enabling the
ultimate realization of business intents.

2.2 Software Architecture

NCE is a cloud-based system that uses a service-oriented software architecture. It is deployed
on a virtualized platform and can be scaled flexibly.

Software Logical Architecture

Based on the cloud platform, NCE implements three logical modules (network management,
network control, and network analysis) and various scenario-oriented applications as services
and components. This allows customers to deploy NCE in a flexible and modular manner to
meet their specific requirements.

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Figure 2-2 NCE software logical architecture

The functions of each module in the NCE software architecture are as follows:
l Web portal
Provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to ensure consistent and smooth user
experience.
l Open API gateway
Provides open northbound capabilities, which can be integrated by carriers or third-party
application systems. The open NBIs include intent-driven RESTful NBIs and traditional
NBIs such as XML, CORBA, and SNMP NBIs.
l Business scenario applications
Provide application packages for business scenario automation. Users can define service
requirements based on their business intentions without considering how the network
implements them or what resources are utilized. NCE converts these service
requirements into specific network configurations and delivers the configurations.
l O&M scenario applications
Provide application packages for network O&M automation to implement automatic E2E
lifecycle management.
l Manager
Provides traditional management capabilities (FCAPS) for device configuration, alarms,
performance, links, and QoS, as well as automated E2E service provisioning capabilities
for traditional networks.
l Controller
Provides single- and multi-___domain control capabilities (including IP cross-___domain,
optical cross-___domain, and IP+optical cross-layer control) for SDN networks, and

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computes globally optimal routes taking multiple factors into account, and delivers
related control configurations.
l Analyzer
Provides real-time data collection, status awareness, in-depth analysis, and intelligent
prediction capabilities for network traffic and performance, identifies potential risks
based on big data analysis, and proactively provides warnings.
l Cloud platform
Provides basic services, public services, and system management functions based on the
virtual machine (VM) cluster cloud system on the OS.

2.3 External Interfaces

NCE provides multiple NBIs to quickly interconnect with the OSS. It is also compatible with
multiple southbound interfaces (SBIs) to implement unified management and control over
transport, IP, and access devices.

Figure 2-3 Functions and features of external interfaces

2.3.1 NBIs
NCE offers network monitoring information, such as the alarm, performance, and inventory
information, for OSSs through NBIs. The NBIs support network management, control, and
analysis functions, such as service configuration and diagnostic tests. Through the NBIs, NCE
can integrate with different OSSs flexibly.

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The devices of each product ___domain support different NBI functions. For details, see the
following tables.

Supported √

Not supported ×

Table 2-1 NBI functions supported by the transport ___domain

Interf Featur MST Hyb WD OT Hyb TD Pack PTN Mari
ace e P rid M N rid M et ne
MS RTN RTN RTN
TP (TD
M)

XML Alarm √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ×
(MTO
SI) Perfor √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ×
mance

Invento √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ×
ry

Config √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ×
uration

COR Alarm √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
BA
Perfor √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
mance

Invento √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √
ry

Config √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ×
uration

SNM Alarm √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ×
P

Perfor Perfor √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ ×
mance mance
text
NBI

REST Invento × × √ √ × × × √ ×
ful ry

Config × × √ √ × × × √ ×
uration

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Table 2-2 NBI functions supported by the access ___domain

Interface Feature MSAN/DSLAM FTTx D-CCAP

Narrowband Broadband FTTH FTTB/C

Port Port

XML Alarm √ √ √ √ ×
(MTOSI
) Performan × × × × ×
ce

Inventory √ √ √ √ ×

Configura √ √ √ √ ×
tion

CORBA Alarm √ √ √ √ √

SNMP Alarm √ √ √ √ √

Perform Performan √ √ √ √ √
ance ce
text NBI

TL1 Diagnosis √ √ √ √ √

Inventory √ √ √ √ √

Configura √ √ √ √ ×
tion

Custome Diagnosis √ √ × × ×
r OSS
test

RESTful Inventory √ √ √ √ √

Table 2-3 NBI functions supported by the IP ___domain

Interf Feature NE CX Switc BRAS ATN Securi PTN

ace Series Serie h ty
s Series

XML Alarm √ √ √ √ √ × √
(MTO
SI) Performance √ √ × × √ × √

Inventory √ √ √ √ √ × √

Configuratio √ √ √ √ √ × √
n

CORB Alarm √ √ √ √ √ × √
A

SNMP Alarm √ √ √ √ √ √ √

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Interf Feature NE CX Switc BRAS ATN Securi PTN

ace Series Serie h ty
s Series

Perfor Performance √ √ √ √ √ × √
mance
text
NBI

RESTf Alarm √ √ × × √ × √
ul
Performance √ √ × × √ × ×

Inventory √ √ × × √ × √

Configuratio √ √ × × √ × ×
n

Table 2-4 NBI functions supported by the Super ___domain

Interf Feature IP WAN SPTN IP+Optical
ace RAN

REST Performan √ × √ ×
ful ce

Inventory √ √ √ ×

Configurati √ √ √ ×
on

2.3.1.1 XML NBI

The XML NBI is developed for NCE by referring to the MTOSI series. Using the XML NBI,
NMSs of different levels can communicate with each other. The application of the XML NBI
meets the development trends of integrated and cross-___domain network management. The
XML NBI supports alarm, configuration, performance, and inventory management functions,
and enables NCE to integrate with the OSS flexibly.

Performance Indicators

Table 2-5 Performance indicators of the XML NBI

Indicator Description

Number of OSS connections 20

received concurrently

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Indicator Description

Delay of response to XML l When querying a small amount of data (for example,
requests the number of returned managed elements is less than
1000) from NCE, the XML interface returns all
information within three seconds (when the CPU usage
is lower than 50%). When querying from NEs,
however, the XML interface spends more time,
depending on the network and NE statuses.
l When querying a large quantity of alarms, the XML
interface handles at least 100 alarms per second,
depending on the network and NE statuses.

Alarm notification More than 60 records per second when three OSSs are
processing capability connected

Alarm notification Shorter than 10s when three OSSs are connected
transmission delay

Maximum invocation 1
concurrency of the XML
NBIs that involve a large
amount of data

Size of an SOAP request 500,000 characters

packet

Transport
Complying with the TMF MTOSI 2.0 series standards, the XML NBI enables NCE to provide
alarm, performance, inventory, and configuration management on transport devices for OSSs.

The XML NBI supports the following functions:

l Alarm management
– Alarm reporting
– Synchronization of active alarms
– Alarm acknowledgment
– Alarm unacknowledgment
– Alarm clearance
– Collection of alarm statistics
l Performance management
– Query of historical performance data
– Query of current performance data
– Reporting of performance threshold-crossing events
– Query of performance threshold-crossing events
– PTN performance instance management (creation, deletion, suspension, enabling,
and query)

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l Inventory management
– Query of physical inventory, such as NEs, subracks, slots, boards, and physical
ports
– Query of logical inventory, such as logical ports, fibers or cables, cross-connections,
and trails
– Export of inventory data
– Report of changes in inventory
l Configuration management
– E2E WDM trail management, including creating, deleting, activating, deactivating,
and modifying trails
– E2E OTN trail management, including creating, deleting, activating, deactivating,
and modifying trails
– MS-OTN E2E EPL/EPLAN/TrunkLink/SDH trail management, including creating,
deleting, activating, and deactivating trails
– MS-OTN E2E PWE3/VPLS trail management, including creating, deleting,
activating, deactivating, and modifying trails
– MSTP+ E2E PWE3/VPLS trail management, including creating, deleting,
activating, deactivating, and modifying trails
– Hybrid MSTP E2E trail management, including creating, deleting, activating,
deactivating, and modifying trails
– E2E EoO/EoW trail management, including creating, deleting, activating, and
deactivating trails
– Link (fiber and Layer 2 link) management, including creating and deleting links
– Per-NE-based service management for L2VPN/L3VPN/NativeEth of PTN/RTN
devices, including creating, deleting, activating, deactivating, and modifying
services
l Protection group management
– SNCP protection (querying the protection group information and performing
switching)
– NE tunnel APS (creating, deleting, and querying protection groups and performing
switching)
– SDH MSP (querying the protection group information and switching status)
– WDM OCP or OLP (querying the protection group information and switching
status)
– NE protection (querying the protection group information and switching status)
– E2E tunnel APS (TNP) management (querying, creating, and deleting APS) of
Hybrid MSTP NEs

Access
Complying with the TMF MTOSI 2.0 series standards, the XML NBI enables NCE to provide
alarm, performance, inventory, configuration, and diagnosis management on access devices
for OSSs.
The XML NBI supports the following functions:
l Alarm management

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– Alarm reporting
– Synchronization of active alarms
– Alarm acknowledgment
– Alarm unacknowledgment
– Alarm clearance
– Collection of alarm statistics
– TCA synchronization
l Inventory management
– Query of IP DSLAM inventory (ADSL ports, SHDSL ports, VDSL2 ports, and
templates)
– Query of GPON physical inventory such as NEs, slots, boards, and physical ports
– Query of GPON logical inventory such as VLANs and services
– Query of service ports
– Query of RU information
– Query of ANCP information (including ADSL and VDSL2)
l Configuration management
– FTTH (GPON) service creation, modification, deletion, activation, and deactivation
– FTTB/FTTC (GPON) service creation, modification, deletion, activation, and
deactivation
– xDSL configuration (including ADSL and VDSL2)
– Service port management (creation, deletion, activation, and deactivation)
– RU management (creation, deletion, and modification)
– ANCP information configuration (including ADSL and VDSL2)
l Access diagnosis management
– xDSL port test (including ADSL and VDSL2)
– Port loopback
– OAM detection
– ONT management

In addition, NCE supports the XML NBI that complies with the SOAP protocol in the access
___domain to provide functions such as VDSL2, GPON, service port, and multicast configuration
and inventory queries for the OSS in a customized manner. For details, see 2.3.1.4 TL1. If an
office requires the XML interface for interconnection with the OSS, contact Huawei engineers
to customize the wsdl files and documents based on the customer's service requirements.

IP
Complying with the TMF MTOSI 2.0 series standards, the XML NBI enables NCE to provide
alarm, performance, inventory, configuration, diagnostic test, and protection group
management on IP devices for OSSs.

The XML NBI supports the following functions:

l Alarm management
– Alarm reporting

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– Synchronization of active alarms

– Alarm acknowledgment
– Alarm unacknowledgment
– Alarm clearance
– Collection of alarm statistics
– Synchronization of correlative alarms
l Performance management
– Query of historical performance data
– Query of performance threshold-crossing events
– Performance instance management, including creating, deleting, enabling,
suspending, and querying performance instances
l Inventory management
– Query of physical inventory, such as NEs, subracks, slots, boards, and physical
ports
– Query of logical inventory such as logical ports, fibers or cables, tunnels, and
services
– Export of inventory data and reporting of changes in inventory
– QoS management (query, creation, deletion, applying, and unapplying)
l Configuration management
– Provisioning of tunnel resources (TE tunnels, static CR tunnels, and static tunnels)
– Provisioning of service resources (ATM PWE3, CES PWE3, Ethernet PWE3,
VPLS, L3VPN, and PWSwitch)
l Diagnostic test management
– Management of MDs, MAs, MEPs, MIPs, and RMEPs based on 802.1ag, 802.3ah,
and Y.1731 standards
– CC, LB, and LT tests
– Management of test suites and test cases
– BFD session management, including creating, deleting, binding, and unbinding
BFD sessions
– OAM statistics management (query, creation, and execution)
l Protection group management
– E-trunk management, including creating, deleting, and querying E-trunks
– E-APS management, including creating, deleting, and querying E-APS protection
groups

2.3.1.2 CORBA NBI

This section describes the NCE CORBA NBI functions.

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Performance Indicators

Table 2-6 Performance indicators of the CORBA NBI

Indicator Description

Notification The CORBA interface can handle at most 100 reporting notifications
reporting every second.

Settings For settings that are not applied to NEs (for example, setting a local
name for an NE), the CORBA interface is able to handle most of
them within two seconds. For settings that are applied to NEs, the
CORBA interface is able to handle most of them within five
seconds.

Delay of response l When querying a small amount of data (for example, the number
to CORBA requests of returned managed objects is less than 1000) from NCE, the
CORBA interface returns all information within five seconds.
When querying from NEs, however, the CORBA interface
spends more time, depending on the network and NE statuses.
l When querying alarms, the CORBA interface handles at least
100 alarms per second.

Maximum l The maximum invocation concurrency of the CORBA NBI is 4.

concurrency If the number of invocations exceeds 4, the invocations are
queued.
l For interfaces that involve a large amount of data, such as
getAllEquipment and getHistoryPMData, it takes a long time for
the NCE server to process the interface invocations. The number
of concurrent interface invocations is small. Therefore, single-
thread serial invocation is recommended. Otherwise, an error
indicating a fully loaded task may be reported.

l The alarm handling capability of the CORBA NBI depends on many factors, such as the
alarm quantity on the network, and CPU performance and memory size of the server. At
the same time, the CORBA NBI sends alarms synchronously, that is, another alarm will
not be sent until the OSS receives the previous alarm and responds to the CORBA NBI.
Therefore, the network stability between NCE and the OSS and the handling capability of
the OSS will affect the alarm handling capability of NCE.
l If an alarm storm occurs, the CORBA NBI will possibly reach its handling limit. The
CORBA NBI can report a maximum of 1,000,000 alarms within one hour. To ensure the
stability of the system, the CORBA NBI will discard some alarms if the alarm quantity
exceeds 1,000,000. You are recommended to handle network faults instantly if an alarm
storm occurs. In addition, the OSS is suggested to synchronize alarms actively at proper
time, for example, when the system is idle.

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Transport
Complying with the TMF MTNM V3.5 series standards, the CORBA NBI enables NCE to
provide unified alarm and inventory management for transport devices. The CORBA NBI
also enables NCE to provide service configuration, performance, diagnostic test, and
protection group management for transport devices.

The CORBA NBI supports the following functions:

l Alarm management
– Alarm reporting
– Synchronization of active alarms
– Alarm acknowledgment
– Alarm unacknowledgment
– Alarm clearance
l Performance management
– Query of historical performance data
– Query of current performance data
– Reporting of performance threshold-crossing events
– Query of performance threshold-crossing events
l Inventory management
– Inventory change notification reporting
– Query of physical inventory, such as NEs, subracks, slots, boards, and physical
ports
– Query of logical inventory, such as logical ports, fibers or cables, cross-connections,
and trails
l Configuration management
– Configuration of E2E services (SDH, WDM, OTN, MSTP, ASON, and RTN) in the
transport ___domain
– Configuration of per-NE-based services (SDH, WDM, OTN, MSTP, and PTN) in
the transport ___domain
– Configuration of per-NE-based services for tunnels (MPLS tunnels and IP tunnels)
– Configuration of per-NE-based services (ATM PWE3, CES PWE3, Ethernet PWE3,
VPLS, and PWSwitch)
– Configuration of E2E services for tunnels (only for PTN devices) (static-CR tunnel)
– Configuration of E2E services (only for PTN devices) (CES PWE3 and Ethernet
PWE3)
l Diagnostic test management (RTN and PTN)
– Port loopback and alarm insertion
– Ethernet CC, LB, and LT tests
– OAM management for MPLS LSP, PW, PWE3, and VPLS services
l Protection group management (SDH, WDM, OTN, PTN, RTN, and Hybrid MSTP)
– Board protection, including querying protection groups and performing switching
– Port protection, including querying protection groups and performing switching

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– Subnetwork connection protection (SNCP) protection, including querying

protection groups and performing switching
– Tunnel APS protection, including creating, deleting, and querying tunnel APS
protection groups
– E2E tunnel APS (TNP) management, including creating, deleting, and querying
E2E tunnel APS (TNP)

Access
Complying with the TMF MTNM V3.5 series standards, the CORBA NBI enables NCE to
provide unified alarm and inventory management for access devices.
The CORBA NBI supports the following functions:
l Alarm management
– Alarm reporting
– Synchronization of active alarms
– Alarm acknowledgment
– Alarm unacknowledgment
– Alarm clearance
l Inventory management
– Query of physical inventory, including NEs and boards.

IP
Complying with the TMF MTNM V3.5 series standards, the CORBA NBI enables NCE to
provide unified alarm and inventory management for IP devices.
The CORBA NBI supports the following functions:
l Alarm management
– Alarm reporting
– Synchronization of active alarms
– Alarm acknowledgment
– Alarm unacknowledgment
– Alarm clearance
l Inventory management
– Query of physical inventory, including NEs and boards.

2.3.1.3 SNMP NBI

Complying with the SNMP v1/v2c/v3 standard, the SNMP NBI enables NCE to provide
unified alarm management for OSSs.

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Performance Indicators

Table 2-7 Performance indicators of the SNMP NBI

Indicator Description

Maximum number of concurrent OSS 10

connections

Alarm forwarding efficiency Not less than 60 alarms per second (for
three OSS connections)

Alarm forwarding delay Less than 10 seconds (for three OSS

connections)

SNMP request response delay Less than 5 seconds (CPU usage is less than
50%)

Functions
The SNMP NBI supports the following functions:
l Alarm reporting
l Synchronization of active alarms
l Alarm acknowledgment
l Alarm unacknowledgment
l Alarm clearance
l Heartbeat alarm reporting
l Setting of alarm filter criteria
l Alarm maintenance status reporting

2.3.1.4 TL1
Complying with the GR 831 standard, the TL1 NBI enables NCE to provide service
provisioning (xDSL, xPON, broadband, and narrowband services), inventory query, and
diagnostic test (line test and ETH OAM) in the access ___domain for OSSs.
The TL1 NBI supports service provisioning, inventory query, and diagnosis test functions,
and uses the default port 9819.

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Performance Indicators

Table 2-8 Performance indicators of the TL1 NBI

Item Specification

Maximum number of OSS connections that l Small- and medium-sized networks: 20

can be received at one time – Service provisioning: 15
– Inventory query: 2
– Diagnosis test: 3
l Large- and ultra large-sized networks: 30
– Service provisioning: 20
– Inventory query: 2
– Diagnosis test: 8
NOTE
For details about the mapping between the
network scale and server configurations, see 4.1
Hardware Configurations for On-Premises
Deployment

Processing capability for requesting 10 per second (only for configuration

commands of TL1 commands)

Response time for requesting commands of Within two minutes (excluding test
TL1 commands)

Functions
The TL1 NBI supports the following functions:
l Service provisioning
– Provisioning of xDSL (ADSL, G.SHDSL, and VDSL2) services
– Provisioning of G.fast services
– Provisioning of multicast services
– Provisioning of xPON (GPON and EPON) services
– Provisioning of CNU services
– Management of VLANs
– Management of Ethernet ports
– Management of service ports
– Management of PVCs
– Provisioning of voice (VoIP, PSTN, ISDN, and SPC) services
– Management of ACL & QoS and HQoS
l Inventory query
– Query of various resources, such as devices, xDSL (ADSL, G.SHDSL, and
VDSL2), G.fast, video, xPON (GPON and EPON), CNU, CM, VLAN, Ethernet,
service port, PVC, voice (VoIP, PSTN, ISDN, and SPC), ACL & QoS, and HQoS
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– Notification of resource changes

l Diagnostic test
– Line test
– ETH OAM
– CM services

2.3.1.5 Performance Text NBI (FTP Performance Text NBI)

The performance text NBI enables NCE to export performance statistics for OSSs. NCE
exports performance statistics to a specified FTP server for analysis.

Performance Indicators

Table 2-9 Performance indicators of the performance text NBI

Item Indicator

Maximum number of l As the FTP client, NCE transmits files to one OSS only.
connected OSSs l As the FTP server, NCE can be visited by a maximum of
three OSSs.

Functions
The performance text NBI supports the following functions:

l Generates the performance text file in a unified format (*.csv).

l Exports the performance text file based on the collection period (the period can be 5, 10,
15, 30, 60, 360, or 1440 minutes).
l Exports the performance text file at the scheduled time (5, 10, 15, 30, 60, 360, or 1440
minutes; the time must be longer than the collection period).
l Specifies the start time to export the performance text file.
l Checks data integrity of the performance text file. If the performance text file fails to be
generated, the data will be saved to the performance text file that will be generated in the
next period. (SDH, WDM and OTN performance data does not support this function.)
l Transmits the performance text file to the specified FTP or SFTP server.
l Exports the performance text file by indicator.
l Specifies the start time to delete the performance text file.
l Clears earlier performance text files periodically.
l Specifies the number of data records in a single file.

2.3.1.6 Customer OSS Test NBI

The customer OSS test NBI includes two types of NBI: narrowband line test NBI and ADSL
line test NBI. The narrowband line test NBI provides tests on narrowband access devices
(lines and terminals). The ADSL line test NBI provides query on ADSL ports and line capture
and line release on ADSL lines.

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Performance Indicators
Item Specification

Maximum number of connections 64 clients

Connection duration After a connection is set up, if the client

does not send a command in one hour, the
connection is automatically disconnected.

Functions
The customer OSS test NBI supports the following functions:

l Narrowband line test NBI

– Dial tone test for POTS users
– Feed voltage test for POTS users
– Loop current test for POTS users
– Line test for POTS users
– Ringing test for POTS users
– DTMF or pulse test for POTS users
– Howler tone test for POTS users
– Circuit test for ISDN users
– Line test for ISDN users
– NT1 terminal test for ISDN users
– Narrowband line capture test
– Narrowband line release test
– Ringing current voltage test
– Test stopping
l ADSL line test NBI
– Query of the information about an ADSL user port
– Control of the DSLAM test bus
– Loopback diagnostic tests performed at the central office end on the user port
– OAM test

2.3.1.7 RESTful NBI

Complying with the IETF standard, the NCE RESTful interface provides the OSS with the
service provisioning and inventory management functions for the IP, transport, access, and
cross-___domain composite services.

RESTful is a software architecture style rather than a standard. It provides a set of software
design guidelines and constraints for designing software for interaction between clients and
servers. RESTful software is simpler and more hierarchical, and facilitates the implementation
of the cache mechanism.

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Performance Indicators

Table 2-10 Performance indicators of the RESTful NBI

Indicator Description

Maximum number of 10
concurrent OSS
connections

Request response delay When querying a small amount of data (for example, the
number of returned managed elements is less than 1000) from
NCE, the RESTful interface returns all information within
three seconds (when the CPU usage is lower than 50%). When
querying from NEs, however, the RESTful interface spends
more time, depending on the network and NE statuses.

Request response timeout 5 minutes

time

Transport
l Resource inventory
– Query of NE, board, and port data, and resource change notification reporting
l Topology
– Query of nodes
l Service inventory
– Query of OCh and ODU tunnels and client, packet (Ethernet), and SDH services
l Service provisioning and configuration
– Provisioning of OCh and ODU tunnels and client, packet (Ethernet) and SDH
services
– Service path computation
l Network optimization
– Service optimization
l Diagnostic test
– Network survivability analysis
– Fault simulation
– Resource warning

Restrictions and limitations:

1. RESTful interface IDs are not unified. Interfaces with different IDs cannot be used
together.
2. RESTful interface models are not unified. Currently, only the TSDN controller service
provisioning interface is available.

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Table 2-11 Information about interfaces for the transport ___domain

Protocol Function Description Model and Standard ID

Type

RESTful Inventory and OTN/ Custom model Private ID

packet service
provisioning

RESTful Query of inventory (NEs, Custom model defined by UUID

boards, and ports) and referring to the IETF
text export standard (recommended)

Web Resource change Custom model defined by UUID

socket/SSE notification referring to the IETF
standard (recommended)

IP
l Resource inventory
– Query of NE, board, and port data, and resource change notification reporting
l Service inventory
– Query of L3VPN, EVPN, and tunnel services
l Service provisioning and configuration
– L3VPN and EVPN service provisioning
– Service path computation
– Service deletion
l Network optimization
– Service optimization

Restrictions and limitations:

The RESTful interface IDs have been unified. Currently, the legacy NBI IDs and RESTful
interface IDs are not unified and cannot be used together. The new RESTful interface models
are unified, including L2EVPN/L3VPN service provisioning interfaces, NE, board, and port
inventory query interfaces, and L3VPN, EVPN, and tunnel service query interfaces. Other
capabilities are planned based on market requirements.

Table 2-12 Information about interfaces for the IP ___domain

Protocol Type Function Model and Standard ID

Description

RESTful SPTN service Enterprise standard model UUID

provisioning NBI

RESTful IP RAN service Enterprise standard model UUID

provisioning NBI

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Protocol Type Function Model and Standard ID

Description

RESTful XML-to-RESTful, IP TMF MTOSI model MTOSI RDN

service provisioning,
and inventory

RESTful Optimization Custom model UUID

RESTful Query of inventory Custom model defined by UUID

(NEs, boards, and referring to the IETF
ports) and text export standard (recommended)

RESTful L2EVPN and L3VPN Custom model defined by UUID

service provisioning referring to the IETF
standard (recommended)

Web socket/SSE Resource change Custom model defined by UUID

notification referring to the IETF
standard (recommended)

Access
l Resource inventory
– Query of NE, board, and port data, and resource change notification reporting

Restrictions and limitations:

In NCE V100R018C00, the RESTful interface can query only NE, board, and port data.

Table 2-13 Information about interfaces for the access ___domain

Protocol Type Function Description Model and Standard ID

RESTful Query of inventory Custom model defined by UUID

(NEs, boards, and ports) referring to the IETF
and text export. standard (recommended)

Super
l Resource inventory
– Query of NE, port, and link data
l Service inventory
– Query of L1/L2/L3 hybrid services
– Query of service definition templates
l Service provisioning and configuration
– Provisioning of composite services (L1/L2/L3 hybrid services)

Restrictions and limitations:

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The models and IDs of interfaces for the Super ___domain are not unified with those for the
transport and IP domains.

Table 2-14 Information about interfaces for the Super ___domain

Protocol Type Function Description Model and Standard ID

RESTFul SPTN service Enterprise standard model UUID

provisioning NBI

RESTFul IP RAN service Enterprise standard model UUID

provisioning NBI

RESTFul Inventory query Custom model, not UUID

defined by referring to the
IETF standard

RESTFul L2/L3, composite Custom model, not UUID

general service defined by referring to the
provisioning IETF standard

2.3.2 SBIs
Using SBIs, NCE can interconnect with physical-layer network devices and other
management and control systems to implement management and control functions.
The transport devices that NCE can manage include the MSTP, WDM, and RTN series.

Table 2-15 SBI functions supported by transport devices

SBI Type Description Supported
Transport
Devices

Qx A Qx interface is a private communication interface All transport

simplified based on ITU-T Q3 interface regulations devices
and works in compliance with the standard TCP/IP
management protocol. It can transmit data through
inband DCC/ECC or outband communication
medium and features fewer overheads, standard
structure, and high efficiency. NCE automatically
adapts to different protocol types.

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SBI Type Description Supported

Transport
Devices

TFTP/FTP/ TFTP, FTP, and SFTP are TCP/IP-based network All transport
SFTP management protocols at the application layer and are devices
dependent on the UDP protocol.
l TFTP is a simple and low-overhead protocol (as
compared with FTP and SFTP) used to upload and
download files. The TFTP protocol does not
support password configuration and transfers file
contents in plain text.
l FTP is a set of standard protocols used for
transferring files on networks. The FTP protocol
transfers passwords and file contents in plain text.
l SFTP uses the SSH protocol to provide secure file
transfer and processing. For data backup using the
SFTP protocol, passwords and data are encrypted
during transmission.
Transport NEs use NE Software Management to
implement functions such as NE upgrades, backup,
and patch installation.

Syslog The Syslog SBI serves as an interface for NCE to All transport
receive system logs from NEs. With the Syslog SBI, devices
NCE can manage NE logs.
Transport NEs support NE security logs.

NETCONF l NETCONF is used to manage network data device Only OptiX OSN
configurations. This protocol is designed to 9600/9800 series
supplement the SNMP and Telnet protocols for based on the VRP
network configuration. V8 platform
l NETCONF defines a simple mechanism for
installing, manipulating, and deleting the
configurations of network devices. NETCONF
uses XML-based data encoding for the
configuration data and protocol messages. In an
automatic network configuration system,
NETCONF plays a crucial role.

TL1 The TL1 interfaces comply with GR-811-CORE and Only WDM (NA)
GR-831-CORE. and NG WDM
(NA) NEs

OSPF/OSPF- l OSPF is used to obtain the topology information Only TSDN NEs
TE of TSDN NEs.
l OSPF-TE is used to obtain TE link information.

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SBI Type Description Supported

Transport
Devices

PCEP PCEP implements centralized control of TSDN NEs. Only TSDN NEs
NCE functions as the path computation element
(PCE), and each TSDN NE functions as a path
computation client (PCC). They communicate with
each other using PCEP to allow NCE to obtain device
resource information, provide the centralized path
computation service, and maintain the link status.
NOTE
The following products and versions support the TSDN technology:
l OSN 9800 V100R005C00 and later versions
l OSN 9600 V100R005C00 and later versions
l OSN 8800 V100R011C10 and later versions
l OSN 1800 V V100R007C00 and later versions (with TNZ5UXCMS as the system control board)
l OSN 1800 II V100R008C10 and later versions (with TNZ2UXCL as the system control board)
l OSN902 V100R002C10

The IP devices that NCE can manage include NE series routers, CX series routers, Ethernet
switches, BRASs, ATN devices, and security devices.

Table 2-16 SBI functions supported by IP devices

SBI Type Description Supported IP
Devices

SNMP SNMP is a TCP/IP-based network management All IP devices

protocol at the application layer. SNMP uses the
UDP protocol at the transmission layer. Through the
SNMP SBI, NCE can manage network devices that
support agent processes.
NCE supports the SNMP SBI that complies with
SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. Through the
SNMP SBI, NCE can connect to devices. The SNMP
SBI supports basic management functions such as
auto-discovery of network devices, service
configuration data synchronization, fault
management, and performance management.

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SBI Type Description Supported IP

Devices

Telnet/ The Telnet and STelnet SBIs are a basic type of All IP devices
STelnet interface used for remote login to and management
of NEs. The Telnet and STelnet SBIs address the
disadvantages of the SNMP SBI and allow NCE to
provide more management functions.
l Telnet is a TCP/IP-based network management
protocol at the application layer. Through the
Telnet SBI, users can log in to an NE in the CLI
and run commands directly in the CLI to
maintain and configure the NE. Using the TCP
protocol at the transmission layer, the Telnet
protocol provides services for network
communication. The Telnet protocol transmits
communication data in plain text, which is not
secure.
l STelnet provides secure Telnet services based on
SSH connections. Providing encryption and
authentication, SSH protects NEs against attacks
of IP address spoofing.

TFTP/FTP/ TFTP, FTP, and SFTP are TCP/IP-based network All IP devices
SFTP management protocols at the application layer and
are dependent on the UDP protocol.
l TFTP is a simple and low-overhead protocol (as
compared with FTP and SFTP) used to upload
and download files. The TFTP protocol does not
support password configuration and transfers file
contents in plain text.
l FTP is a set of standard protocols used for
transferring files on networks. The FTP protocol
transfers passwords and file contents in plain
text.
l SFTP uses the SSH protocol to provide secure
file transfer and processing. For data backup
using the SFTP protocol, passwords and data are
encrypted during transmission.
Routers and switches whose VRP version is 5.7 or
later use the TFTP, FTP, or SFTP SBI to synchronize
data with NCE. IP NEs use NE Software
Management to implement functions such as NE
upgrades, backup, and patch installation.

Syslog The Syslog SBI serves as an interface for NCE to All IP devices
receive system logs from NEs. With the Syslog SBI,
NCE can manage NE logs. IP NEs support Syslog
running logs.

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SBI Type Description Supported IP

Devices

ICMP ICMP is a network-layer protocol. It provides error All IP devices

reports and IP packet processing messages that will
be sent back to the source. ICMP is usually used as
an IP-layer or higher-layer protocol and ICMP
packets are usually encapsulated in IP packets for
transmission. Some ICMP packets carry error
packets that will be sent back to NEs.

NETCONF l NETCONF is used to manage network data Only the routers

device configurations. This protocol is designed (NE series and CX
to supplement the SNMP and Telnet protocols for series) based on
network configuration. the VRP V8
l NETCONF defines a simple mechanism for platform
installing, manipulating, and deleting the
configurations of network devices. NETCONF
uses XML-based data encoding for the
configuration data and protocol messages. In an
automatic network configuration system,
NETCONF plays a crucial role.

NetStream NetStream is a network traffic collection protocol Only NE40E and

based on UDP transmission, which reports network NE5000E devices
traffic collection results to Analyzer. By using this
protocol, Analyzer can be aware of the volume,
source, and destination of network traffic.

Telemetry Telemetry is an efficient performance data collection Only NE40E

technology. It uses efficient data formats and devices
transmission modes such as Google Protocol Buffer
(GPB) and gRPC Remote Procedure Calls (gRPC),
collects data by means of subscription and push, and
supports seconds-level data sampling.

PCEP PCEP is used by the controller to control tunnel Only NE40E,

paths on forwarders in MPLS network optimization NE5000E, PTN
scenarios. 6900, CX600, and
ATN devices
BGP-LS BGP-LS is used by the SDN controller to collect
network topology information from forwarders. The
router collects information such as network
topology, bandwidth, and packet loss using IGP
(such as OSPF and IS-IS), and then sends the
information to the SDN controller using BGP-LS.
Then the SDN controller computes service paths
based on the information.

BGP BGP FlowSpec routes are new BGP routes and carry
FlowSpec traffic matching rules and actions. The SDN
controller delivers BGP FlowSpec routes to
forwarders to implement traffic optimization.

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SBI Type Description Supported IP

Devices

BGP RPD BGP-Route Policy Distribute (RPD) is used by the

SDN controller to send traffic optimization policy
routes to forwarders in inbound traffic optimization
scenarios.

The access devices that NCE can manage include MSAN/DSLAM, OLT, DMU, ONT, and D-
CCAP devices.

Table 2-17 SBI functions supported by access devices

SBI Type Description Supported Access
Devices

SNMP SNMP is a TCP/IP-based network management protocol at the FTTx series (except
application layer. SNMP uses the UDP protocol at the ONT), MSAN series,
transmission layer. Through the SNMP SBI, NCE can manage DSLAM series, and D-
network devices that support agent processes. CCAP series NEs
NCE supports the SNMP SBI that complies with SNMPv1,
SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3. Through the SNMP SBI, NCE can
connect to devices. The SNMP SBI supports basic management
functions such as auto-discovery of network devices, service
configuration data synchronization, fault management, and
performance management.

Telnet/STelnet The Telnet and STelnet SBIs are a basic type of interface used FTTx series (except
for remote login to and management of NEs. The Telnet and ONT), MSAN series,
STelnet SBIs address the disadvantages of the SNMP SBI and DSLAM series, and D-
allow NCE to provide more management functions. CCAP series NEs
l Telnet is a TCP/IP-based network management protocol at
the application layer. Through the Telnet SBI, users can log
in to an NE in the CLI and run commands directly in the CLI
to maintain and configure the NE. Using the TCP protocol at
the transmission layer, the Telnet protocol provides services
for network communication. The Telnet protocol transmits
communication data in plain text, which is not secure.
l STelnet provides secure Telnet services based on SSH
connections. Providing encryption and authentication, SSH
protects NEs against attacks of IP address spoofing.

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SBI Type Description Supported Access

Devices

TFTP/FTP/SFTP TFTP, FTP, and SFTP are TCP/IP-based network management All access devices
protocols at the application layer and are dependent on the UDP
protocol.
l TFTP is a simple and low-overhead protocol (as compared
with FTP and SFTP) used to upload and download files. The
TFTP protocol does not support password configuration and
transfers file contents in plain text.
l FTP is a set of standard protocols used for transferring files
on networks. The FTP protocol transfers passwords and file
contents in plain text.
l SFTP uses the SSH protocol to provide secure file transfer
and processing. For data backup using the SFTP protocol,
passwords and data are encrypted during transmission.
Access NEs use the TFTP, FTP, or SFTP SBI to synchronize
data with NCE, and use NE Software Management to
implement functions such as NE upgrades, backup, and patch
installation.

Syslog The Syslog SBI serves as an interface for NCE to receive FTTx series (except
system logs from NEs. With the Syslog SBI, NCE can manage ONT), MSAN series,
NE logs. Access NEs support Syslog operation logs. DSLAM series, and D-
CCAP series NEs

ICMP ICMP is a network-layer protocol. It provides error reports and FTTx series (except
IP packet processing messages that will be sent back to the ONT), MSAN series,
source. ICMP is usually used as an IP-layer or higher-layer DSLAM series, and D-
protocol and ICMP packets are usually encapsulated in IP CCAP series NEs
packets for transmission. Some ICMP packets carry error
packets that will be sent back to NEs.

TR069 TR069 is also called the CPE WAN management protocol. It Only ONTs
defines a set of automatic negotiation and interaction protocols
between a CPE and an auto-configuration server (ACS) to
implement automatic terminal configuration, upgrade, and
remote centralized management.

NCE provides SBIs that support interconnection with controllers or EMSs to implement
cross-___domain, cross-layer, and multi-vendor integration.

Table 2-18 SBIs provided by NCE (for Huawei products)

Interface Type Description

NETCONF interface Used to manage NETCONF-compliant

controllers (such as Huawei SNC), EMSs,
NEs (such as routers and switches), and
virtual firewalls.

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Interface Type Description

MTOSI interface Used to manage MTOSI-compliant

controllers and EMSs (such as Huawei
U2000).

RESTCONF interface Used to manage RESTCONF-compliant

controllers, such as the Huawei Agile
Controller-WAN.

RESTful interface Used to manage RESTful-compliant

controllers, such as the Huawei Agile
Controller-Transport.

Table 2-19 SBIs provided by NCE (for third-party products)

Interface Type Description

RESTCONF interface Used to manage RESTCONF-compliant

third-party controllers. Currently,
FiberHome and ZTE controllers can be
managed.

RESTful interface Used to manage RESTful-compliant third-

party controllers. Currently, Nokia NSP
controllers can be managed.

2.4 Southbound DCN Networking

NCE and each managed device communicate with each other through the internal data
communication network (DCN) or external DCN. The two modes can also be used together
for DCN networking.

NOTE

For details about the bandwidth requirements of the southbound DCN, see 4.5 Bandwidth
Configurations.

Internal DCN Networking

In internal DCN networking, NCE uses the communication channels provided by managed
devices to transmit management and control information and implement network management
and control.

In this mode, the managed network is generally divided into multiple DCN subnets. NCE
directly communicates with one NE in each subnet called the gateway NE (GNE). The
communication between NCE and the other NEs in the subnet is forwarded by the GNE. If
NCE and the GNE are in the same equipment room, they can be connected through LAN;
otherwise, they need to be connected through private lines.

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Figure 2-4 Internal DCN networking

Internal DCN networking has the following characteristics:

l Advantages: Internal DCN networking is flexible, device-independent, and cost-

effective.
l Disadvantages: When a network fault occurs and the communication channel between
NCE and the managed network is interrupted, NCE cannot maintain the related devices.

External DCN Networking

In external DCN networking, NCE uses the communication channels provided by
intermediate devices on an external DCN network to transmit management and control
information to managed devices and implement network management and control. Generally,
the managed devices connect to the external DCN through the management ports on their
system control boards.

Figure 2-5 External DCN networking

External DCN networking has the following characteristics:

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l Advantages: External DCN networking allows NCE to connect to the managed network
through other devices. When a managed device is faulty, the device will not be
unreachable from NCE due to the fault of the managed device.
l Disadvantages: External DCN networking requires the construction of an independent
maintenance network that provides no service channels, which makes network
deployment expensive.

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3 Deployment Schemes

NCE must be installed and deployed on VMs. Based on VM environments, the scenarios are
classified into on-premises deployment and deployment on private clouds.

3.1 Software Deployment Modes

NCE adopts the Browser/Server (B/S) architecture for deployment, and application services
and databases are deployed on multiple VMs working as servers in distributed mode.

B/S Mode
NCE is deployed in B/S mode. VMs are used as servers. After SUSE Linux is installed on
each VM, install the database and NCE service software. Then, users can easily access NCE
through a browser without installing traditional clients.

Figure 3-1 Software architecture of NCE

NOTE

For the DR system where Manager is deployed, Veritas DR software is required between the SUSE
Linux OS and database.

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Distributed Mode
NCE is deployed in distributed mode. That is, application services and databases are deployed
on different VMs, and nodes in the distributed system are deployed in a differentiated manner
based on node protection schemes and deployment policies.

l Node protection schemes:

– Single instance: Only one VM node is deployed to provide services.
– Primary/Secondary: The two VM nodes provide the same services. In normal
situations, only the primary node provides services. However, if the primary node
fails, the secondary node will take over services.
– Cluster: Multiple nodes equally provide services and all of them are in the running
state. If any of them becomes faulty, other nodes will take over its work and
continue to provide services equally.
NOTE

Nodes of the same type in primary/secondary or cluster mode occupy more physical
resources. To save resources, the primary/secondary or cluster deployment scheme is not
used by default in some management scales of 2000 equivalent NEs.
l Node deployment policies:
– N/A: Only a single VM node is deployed, and no VM combination is involved.
– Anti-affinity: VMs of the same type must be deployed on different hosts.

Table 3-1 Node deployment scheme of NCE (Transport Domain)

Node Node Node Description Netw Protection De Nu Nu Me Stor IO

Category Type ork Scheme plo mbe mbe mor age PS
Scale ym r of r of y (GB
ent VM vCP (GB )
Pol s Us )
icy

VM VCSA VMware VCSA 6000 Single N/ 1 4 16 150 200

manageme management node. equiv instance A
nt node It supports VM alent
configuration, NEs
monitoring, and
management.

NCE OMP NCE O&M 6000 Single N/ 1 4 8 500 100

manageme management node. equiv instance A 0
nt node It supports service alent
installation and NEs
deployment, node
management,
system
commissioning,
system
maintenance,
system monitoring,
and data backup.

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Node Node Node Description Netw Protection De Nu Nu Me Stor IO

Category Type ork Scheme plo mbe mbe mor age PS
Scale ym r of r of y (GB
ent VM vCP (GB )
Pol s Us )
icy

Platform Comm Service node. It 6000 Cluster Ant 2 16 32 200 100

service on_Ser provides account equiv i- 0
deploymen vice management, single alent affi
t node sign-on (SSO), NEs nity
alarm, topology,
inventory, and NBI
gateway services.

Database DB Database node. It 6000 Primary/ Ant 2 16 64 300 160

node provides unified equiv Secondary i- 0
database services. alent affi
NEs nity

Data Data_ Data backup node. 6000 Single N/ 1 4 8 500 750

storage Backu It stores the backup equiv instance A
node p files of NCE alent
databases. NEs

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Node Node Node Description Netw Protection De Nu Nu Me Stor IO

Category Type ork Scheme plo mbe mbe mor age PS
Scale ym r of r of y (GB
ent VM vCP (GB )
Pol s Us )
icy

Service NMS Network 6000 Single N/ 1 16 32 l S 160

deploymen management node. equiv instance A i 0
t node of It provides unified alent n
Manager alarm monitoring, NEs g
NE upgrade task l
monitoring, e
physical topology, -
fiber/cable si
management, t
service template e
management, E2E s
service y
management, st
performance e
monitoring m
(including transport :
RMON 2
performance but 0
excluding 0
SDH/OTN l D
performance), and R
some inventory s
reports. y
st
e
m
:
4
0
0

Service TContr Southbound driver 6000 Active/ Ant 2 8 32 200 100

deploymen oller_ node. It provides equiv Standby i- 0
t node of Driver NE communications alent affi
Controller and resource NEs nity
reconciliation.

TContr Control node. It 6000 Active/ Ant 2 32 128 200 100

oller provides service equiv Standby i- 0
control functions, alent affi
including service NEs nity
provisioning,
centralized
rerouting, and
automated O&M.

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Node Node Node Description Netw Protection De Nu Nu Me Stor IO

Category Type ork Scheme plo mbe mbe mor age PS
Scale ym r of r of y (GB
ent VM vCP (GB )
Pol s Us )
icy

TContr It provides a 6000 Cluster Ant 3 8 16 200 100

oller_ communications equiv i- 0
Databu bus for big data alent affi
s collection. NEs nity

Table 3-2 Node deployment scheme of NCE (IP Domain)

Node Node Node Description Net Prote Deplo Nu Nu Me Sto IO
Category Type wor ction yment mb mbe mo rag PS
k Sche Policy er r of ry e
Scal me of vCP (G (G
e VM Us B) B)
s

VM VCSA VMware VCSA 2000 Single N/A 1 4 16 300 200

managemen management node. It equiv instan
t node supports VM alent ce
configuration, NEs
monitoring, and
management. 6000 Single N/A 1 4 16 300 200
equiv instan
alent ce
NEs

NCE OMP NCE O&M 2000 Single N/A 1 4 8 300 100

managemen management node. It equiv instan 0
t node supports service alent ce
installation and NEs
deployment, node
management, system 6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 300 100
commissioning, equiv instan 0
system maintenance, alent ce
system monitoring, NEs
and data backup.

Platform Comm Service node. It 2000 Cluste Anti- 2 16 64 200 100

service on_Ser provides account equiv r affinity 0
deployment vice management, SSO, alent
node alarm, topology, NEs
inventory, and NBI
gateway services. 6000 Cluste Anti- 2 16 64 200 160
equiv r affinity 0
alent
NEs

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Node Node Node Description Net Prote Deplo Nu Nu Me Sto IO

Category Type wor ction yment mb mbe mo rag PS
k Sche Policy er r of ry e
Scal me of vCP (G (G
e VM Us B) B)
s

Database DB Database node. It 2000 Primar Anti- 2 16 64 300 100

node provides unified equiv y/ affinity 0
database services. alent Secon
NEs dary

6000 Primar Anti- 2 16 64 300 160

equiv y/ affinity 0
alent Secon
NEs dary

Data storage Data_B Data backup node. It 2000 Single N/A 1 4 8 500 750
node ackup stores the backup equiv instan
files of NCE alent ce
databases. NEs

6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 500 750

equiv instan
alent ce
NEs

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Node Node Node Description Net Prote Deplo Nu Nu Me Sto IO

Category Type wor ction yment mb mbe mo rag PS
k Sche Policy er r of ry e
Scal me of vCP (G (G
e VM Us B) B)
s

Service NMS Network 2000 Single N/A 1 16 64 l S 100

deployment management node. It equiv instan i 0
node of provides unified alent ce n
Manager alarm monitoring, NE NEs g
upgrade task l
monitoring, physical e
topology, fiber/cable -
management, service s
template i
management, E2E t
service management, e
performance s
monitoring (including y
transport RMON s
performance but t
excluding SDH/OTN e
performance), and m
some inventory :
reports. 2
0
0
l D
R
s
y
s
t
e
m
:
4
0
0

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Node Node Node Description Net Prote Deplo Nu Nu Me Sto IO

Category Type wor ction yment mb mbe mo rag PS
k Sche Policy er r of ry e
Scal me of vCP (G (G
e VM Us B) B)
s

6000 Single N/A 1 16 64 l S 160

equiv instan i 0
alent ce n
NEs g
l
e
-
s
i
t
e
s
y
s
t
e
m
:
2
0
0
l D
R
s
y
s
t
e
m
:
4
0
0

ThirdP (Optional) Third- 2000 - - - - - - -

arty_E party device equiv
M management node. It alent
supports third-party NEs
forwarder
management and 6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 200 100
service provisioning. equiv instan 0
alent ce
NEs

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Node Node Node Description Net Prote Deplo Nu Nu Me Sto IO

Category Type wor ction yment mb mbe mo rag PS
k Sche Policy er r of ry e
Scal me of vCP (G (G
e VM Us B) B)
s

Service Control Network control 2000 Active Anti- 2 8 32 200 100

deployment ler node. It collects equiv / affinity 0
node of topology information alent Stand
Controller for global traffic NEs by
optimization. It also
collects and 6000 Active Anti- 2 8 32 200 100
provisions equiv / affinity 0
optimization routes. alent Stand
Network control NEs by
nodes combine with
service control nodes
to complete IP and
MPLS network
optimization.

Service Simulat It provides the 2000 - - - - - - -

deployment or simulation service for equiv
node of what-if analysis. alent
Analyzer NEs

6000 Single N/A 1 32 128 200 150

equiv instan 0
alent ce
NEs

Simulat It provides 2000 - - - - - - -

or_Sch management services equiv
eduler for what-if analysis, alent
such as inventory NEs
synchronization,
parsing and 6000 Single N/A 1 16 64 100 150
restoration, and equiv instan 0 0
scheduling services. alent ce
NEs

Analyz Analysis node. It 2000 Single N/A 1 24 96 300 150

er provides data equiv instan 0
collection, alent ce
calculation (of time NEs
and objects), real-
time performance, 6000 Single N/A 1 24 96 300 150
historical equiv instan 0
performance, and alent ce
basic reports. NEs

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Node Node Node Description Net Prote Deplo Nu Nu Me Sto IO

Category Type wor ction yment mb mbe mo rag PS
k Sche Policy er r of ry e
Scal me of vCP (G (G
e VM Us B) B)
s

Analyz Database node. It 2000 Single N/A 1 8 16 800 150

er_DB stores the equiv instan 0
performance data of alent ce
Analyzer. NEs

6000 Single N/A 1 8 16 800 150

equiv instan 0
alent ce
NEs

Analyz (Optional) Flow 2000 - - - - - - -

er_Flo collector. It supports equiv
w_Coll the NetStream and alent
ector NetFlow protocols NEs
and is required only
in the IP network 6000 Single N/A 1 64 256 300 150
optimization equiv instan 0
scenario. alent ce
NEs

Table 3-3 Node deployment scheme of NCE (Access Domain)

Node Node Node Description Netw Prote Deplo Nu Num Me Sto IO
Category Type ork ction yment mb ber mor rag PS
Scale Sche Policy er of y e
me of vCP (GB (G
VM Us ) B)
s

VM VCSA VMware VCSA 6000 Singl N/A 1 4 16 200 200

management management node. equiv e
node It supports VM alent instan
configuration, NEs ce
monitoring, and
management.

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Node Node Node Description Netw Prote Deplo Nu Num Me Sto IO

Category Type ork ction yment mb ber mor rag PS
Scale Sche Policy er of y e
me of vCP (GB (G
VM Us ) B)
s

NCE OMP NCE O&M 6000 Singl N/A 1 4 8 500 100

management management node. equiv e 0
node It supports service alent instan
installation and NEs ce
deployment, node
management,
system
commissioning,
system
maintenance,
system monitoring,
and data backup.

Platform Comm Service node. It 6000 Clust Anti- 2 16 32 200 160

service on_Ser provides account equiv er affinity 0
deployment vice management, SSO, alent
node alarm, topology, NEs
inventory, and NBI
gateway services.

Database DB Database node. It 6000 Prima Anti- 2 16 64 300 160

node provides unified equiv ry/ affinity 0
database services. alent Secon
NEs dary

Data storage Data_ Data backup node. 6000 Singl N/A 1 4 8 500 750
node Backu It stores the backup equiv e
p files of NCE alent instan
databases. NEs ce

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Node Node Node Description Netw Prote Deplo Nu Num Me Sto IO

Category Type ork ction yment mb ber mor rag PS
Scale Sche Policy er of y e
me of vCP (GB (G
VM Us ) B)
s

Service NMS Network 6000 Singl N/A 1 16 32 l S 160

deployment management node. equiv e i 0
node of It provides unified alent instan n
Manager alarm monitoring, NEs ce g
NE upgrade task l
monitoring, physical e
topology, fiber/cable -
management, s
service template i
management, E2E t
service e
management, s
performance y
monitoring s
(including transport t
RMON performance e
but excluding m
SDH/OTN :
performance), and 2
some inventory 0
reports. 0
l D
R
s
y
s
t
e
m
:
4
0
0

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Table 3-4 Node deployment scheme of NCE (Super)

Node Node Node Netwo Prote Deplo Nu Num Me Stor IO
Category Type Description rk ction yment mb ber mor age PS
Scale Sche Policy er of y (GB
me of vCP (GB )
VM Us )
s

VM VCSA VMware VCSA 30,000 Singl N/A 1 4 16 200 200

management management NEs e
node node. It supports instan
VM ce
configuration,
monitoring, and 50,000 Singl N/A 1 4 16 200 200
management. NEs e
instan
ce

NCE OMP NCE O&M 30,000 Singl N/A 1 4 8 500 100

management management NEs e 0
node node. It supports instan
service ce
installation and
deployment, 50,000 Singl N/A 1 4 8 500 100
node NEs e 0
management, instan
system ce
commissioning,
system
maintenance,
system
monitoring, and
data backup.

Platform Comm Service node. It 30,000 Clust Anti- 2 8 32 200 160

service on_Ser provides account NEs er affinity 0
deployment vice management,
node SSO, alarm, 50,000 Clust Anti- 3 8 32 200 160
topology, NEs er affinity 0
inventory, and
NBI gateway
services.

Database DB Database node. It 30,000 Prima Anti- 2 16 64 500 160

node provides unified NEs ry/ affinity 0
database Secon
services. dary

50,000 Prima Anti- 2 32 128 500 160

NEs ry/ affinity 0
Secon
dary

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Node Node Node Netwo Prote Deplo Nu Num Me Stor IO

Category Type Description rk ction yment mb ber mor age PS
Scale Sche Policy er of y (GB
me of vCP (GB )
VM Us )
s

Data storage Data_ Data backup 30,000 Singl N/A 1 4 8 500 750
node Backu node. It stores NEs e
p the backup files instan
of NCE ce
databases.
50,000 Singl N/A 1 4 8 500 750
NEs e
instan
ce

Service Servic WAN service 30,000 Clust Anti- 2 16 64 300 100

deployment e_WA node. It provides NEs er affinity 0
node of N common
Super services, such as 50,000 Clust Anti- 3 16 64 300 100
Controller the alarm NEs er affinity 0
service.

Service Analyz Analysis node. It 30,000 Singl N/A 1 60 240 400 150
deployment er provides data NEs e 0
node of collection, instan
Analyzer calculation (of ce
time and
objects), real- 50,000 Singl N/A 1 60 240 600 150
time NEs e 0
performance, instan
historical ce
performance, and
basic reports.

Analyz Database node. It 30,000 Singl N/A 1 16 64 2500 150

er_DB stores the NEs e 0
performance data instan
of Analyzer. ce

50,000 Singl N/A 1 32 128 4000 150

NEs e 0
instan
ce

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Table 3-5 Node deployment scheme of NCE (IP Domain+Transport Domain+Super)

Do Node Nod Node Netw Prote Depl Nu Nu Me Stor IO
mai Catego e Description ork ction oyme mb mbe mor age PS
n ry Typ Scale Sche nt er r of y (GB)
e me Polic of vCP (GB)
y VM Us
s

IP NCE OMP NCE O&M 6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 300 100

manage management equiva instan 0
ment node. It supports lent ce
node service NEs
installation and
deployment, node
management,
system
commissioning,
system
maintenance,
system
monitoring, and
data backup.

Platfor Com Service node. It 6000 Cluste Anti- 2 16 64 150 160

m mon provides account equiva r affinit 0
service _Ser management, lent y
deploy vice SSO, alarm, NEs
ment topology,
node inventory, and
NBI gateway
services.

Databa DB Database node. It 6000 Primar Anti- 2 16 64 300 160

se node provides unified equiva y/ affinit 0
database services. lent Secon y
NEs dary

Data Data Data backup 6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 500 750

storage _Bac node. It stores the equiva instan
node kup backup files of lent ce
NCE databases. NEs

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Do Node Nod Node Netw Prote Depl Nu Nu Me Stor IO

mai Catego e Description ork ction oyme mb mbe mor age PS
n ry Typ Scale Sche nt er r of y (GB)
e me Polic of vCP (GB)
y VM Us
s

Service NMS Network 6000 Single N/A 1 16 64 l Si 160

deploy management equiva instan n 0
ment node. It provides lent ce gl
node of unified alarm NEs e-
Manag monitoring, NE si
er upgrade task te
monitoring, sy
physical topology, st
fiber/cable e
management, m
service template :
management, E2E 2
service 0
management, 0
performance l D
monitoring R
(including sy
transport RMON st
performance but e
excluding m
SDH/OTN :
performance), and 4
some inventory 0
reports. 0

Third (Optional) Third- 6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 150 100

Party party device equiva instan 0
_EM management lent ce
node. It supports NEs
third-party
forwarder
management and
service
provisioning.

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Do Node Nod Node Netw Prote Depl Nu Nu Me Stor IO

mai Catego e Description ork ction oyme mb mbe mor age PS
n ry Typ Scale Sche nt er r of y (GB)
e me Polic of vCP (GB)
y VM Us
s

Service Cont Network control 6000 Active Anti- 2 8 32 150 100

deploy roller node. It collects equiva / affinit 0
ment topology lent Stand y
node of information for NEs by
Control global traffic
ler optimization. It
also collects and
provisions
optimization
routes. Network
control nodes
combine with
service control
nodes to complete
IP and MPLS
network
optimization.

Service Simu It provides the 6000 Single N/A 1 32 128 150 150
deploy lator simulation service equiva instan 0
ment for what-if lent ce
node of analysis. NEs
Analyz
er Simu It provides 6000 Single N/A 1 16 64 200 150
lator management equiva instan 0
_Sch services for what- lent ce
edule if analysis, such NEs
r as inventory
synchronization,
parsing and
restoration, and
scheduling
services.

Anal Analysis node. It 6000 Single N/A 1 24 96 250 150

yzer provides data equiva instan 0
collection, lent ce
calculation (of NEs
time and objects),
real-time
performance,
historical
performance, and
basic reports.

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Do Node Nod Node Netw Prote Depl Nu Nu Me Stor IO

mai Catego e Description ork ction oyme mb mbe mor age PS
n ry Typ Scale Sche nt er r of y (GB)
e me Polic of vCP (GB)
y VM Us
s

Anal Database node. It 6000 Single N/A 1 8 16 800 150

yzer_ stores the equiva instan 0
DB performance data lent ce
of Analyzer. NEs

Trans NCE OMP NCE O&M 6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 300 100
port manage management equiva instan 0
ment node. It supports lent ce
node service NEs
installation and
deployment, node
management,
system
commissioning,
system
maintenance,
system
monitoring, and
data backup.

Platfor Com Service node. It 6000 Cluste Anti- 2 16 32 150 160

m mon provides account equiva r affinit 0
service _Ser management, lent y
deploy vice SSO, alarm, NEs
ment topology,
node inventory, and
NBI gateway
services.

Databa DB Database node. It 6000 Primar Anti- 2 16 64 300 160

se node provides unified equiva y/ affinit 0
database services. lent Secon y
NEs dary

Data Data Data backup 6000 Single N/A 1 4 8 500 750

storage _Bac node. It stores the equiva instan
node kup backup files of lent ce
NCE databases. NEs

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Do Node Nod Node Netw Prote Depl Nu Nu Me Stor IO

mai Catego e Description ork ction oyme mb mbe mor age PS
n ry Typ Scale Sche nt er r of y (GB)
e me Polic of vCP (GB)
y VM Us
s

Service NMS Network 6000 Single N/A 1 16 32 l Si 160

deploy management equiva instan n 0
ment node. It provides lent ce gl
node of unified alarm NEs e-
Manag monitoring, NE si
er upgrade task te
monitoring, sy
physical topology, st
fiber/cable e
management, m
service template :
management, E2E 2
service 0
management, 0
performance l D
monitoring R
(including sy
transport RMON st
performance but e
excluding m
SDH/OTN :
performance), and 4
some inventory 0
reports. 0

Service TCo Southbound 6000 Active Anti- 2 8 32 150 100

deploy ntroll driver node. It equiva / affinit 0
ment er_D provides NE lent Stand y
node of river communications NEs by
Control and resource
ler reconciliation.

TCo Control node. It 6000 Active Anti- 2 32 128 150 100

ntroll provides service equiva / affinit 0
er control functions, lent Stand y
including service NEs by
provisioning,
centralized
rerouting, and
automated O&M.

TCD It provides a 6000 Cluste Anti- 3 8 16 150 100

atabu communication equiva r affinit 0
s bus for big data lent y
collection. NEs

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Do Node Nod Node Netw Prote Depl Nu Nu Me Stor IO

mai Catego e Description ork ction oyme mb mbe mor age PS
n ry Typ Scale Sche nt er r of y (GB)
e me Polic of vCP (GB)
y VM Us
s

Supe VM VCS VMware VCSA 15,00 Single N/A 1 4 16 150 200

r manage A management 0 NEs instan
ment node. It supports ce
node VM
configuration,
monitoring, and
management.

NCE OMP NCE O&M 15,00 Single N/A 1 4 8 300 100

manage management 0 NEs instan 0
ment node. It supports ce
node service
installation and
deployment, node
management,
system
commissioning,
system
maintenance,
system
monitoring, and
data backup.

Platfor Com Service node. It 15,00 Cluste Anti- 2 16 32 150 160

m mon provides account 0 NEs r affinit 0
service _Ser management, y
deploy vice SSO, alarm,
ment topology,
node inventory, and
NBI gateway
services.

Databa DB Database node. It 15,00 Primar Anti- 2 16 64 300 160

se node provides unified 0 NEs y/ affinit 0
database services. Secon y
dary

Data Data Data backup 15,00 Single N/A 1 4 8 500 750

storage _Bac node. It stores the 0 NEs instan
node kup backup files of ce
NCE databases.

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Do Node Nod Node Netw Prote Depl Nu Nu Me Stor IO

mai Catego e Description ork ction oyme mb mbe mor age PS
n ry Typ Scale Sche nt er r of y (GB)
e me Polic of vCP (GB)
y VM Us
s

Service Servi WAN service 15,00 Cluste Anti- 2 16 64 150 100

deploy ce_ node. It provides 0 NEs r affinit 0
ment WA common services, y
node of N such as the alarm
Super service.
Control
ler

3.2 On-Premises Deployment

On-premises deployment refers to software and hardware integration. That is, NCE is
deployed on the E9000 server delivered by Huawei based on the VMware virtualization
platform, and the OceanStor 5500 V5 disk array is used as the storage device. In this
deployment mode, Huawei completes the hardware configuration, virtualization environment
setup, and NCE installation (including the OS, database, and NCE software). Generally, NCE
in on-premises deployment mode has been preinstalled before delivery.

Single Site and DR System

Based on users' expectations on system protection, on-premises deployment supports single-
site NCE or an NCE DR system.
l Single site: A complete set of NCE is deployed in a place with internal protection
enabled. Figure 3-2 and Figure 3-4 show the corresponding system architecture.
l DR system: Two identical sets of NCE are deployed in two places to form a DR system.
In addition to the internal protection of a single site, the two sets of NCE protect each
other. Figure 3-3 and Figure 3-5 show the corresponding system architecture.

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Figure 3-2 NCE networking: on-premises single-site system

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Figure 3-3 NCE networking: on-premises DR system

NOTE

l The management DCNs of the primary and secondary sites can be isolated from each other or not.
l The DR system requires high bandwidth. A replication link must be configured between the primary
and secondary sites.

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Figure 3-4 NCE networking: NCE (IP Domain+Transport Domain+Super), on-premises

single-site system

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Figure 3-5 NCE networking: NCE (IP Domain+Transport Domain+Super), on-premises DR

system

NOTE

l The management DCNs of the primary and secondary sites can be isolated from each other or not.
l The DR system requires high bandwidth. A replication link must be configured between the primary
and secondary sites.

3.3 Deployment on Private Clouds

Deployment on private clouds means that customers prepare the VM deployment environment
and Huawei installs NCE in this environment.

Specific or Any Private Cloud Platform

Deployment on private clouds can be classified into the following two scenarios based on the
type of the private cloud platform:

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l VMware private cloud platform: Customers provide the virtualization platform based on
VMware, and Huawei installs VMs, OSs, databases, and NCE software.
l FusionSphere+CSM private cloud platform: Customers provide the virtualization
platform and VMs based on VMware, and Huawei installs OSs, databases, and NCE
software.
l Any private cloud platform: The virtualization software type is not limited. Customers
provide the virtualization platform, VMs, and OSs that meet the NCE resource and
configuration requirements. Huawei installs databases and NCE software.

Single Site and DR System

Based on users' expectations on system protection, deployment on private clouds supports
single-site NCE or an NCE DR system.
l Single site: A complete set of NCE is deployed in a place with internal protection
enabled. Figure 3-6 shows the corresponding system architecture.
l DR system: Two identical sets of NCE are deployed in two places to form a DR system.
In addition to the internal protection of a single site, the two sets of NCE protect each
other. Figure 3-7 shows the corresponding system architecture.

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Figure 3-6 NCE networking: single-site system on a private cloud

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Figure 3-7 NCE networking: DR system on private clouds

NOTE

The DR system requires high bandwidth. A replication link must be configured between the primary and
secondary sites.

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4 Configuration Requirements

NCE has specific requirements on the hardware, software, client, and bandwidth to ensure the
stable running of the system.

4.1 Hardware Configurations for On-Premises

Deployment
In on-premises scenarios, the delivered E9000 blade server and OceanStor disk array have
been configured according to NCE requirements based on the network type, functional unit
combination, and network scale difference.

Principles
Plan hardware configurations under the following principles:
l Select an optimal resource usage solution based on the current network scale, capacity
expansion plan, and hardware cost.
l Select hardware configurations that match the current network scale or higher. For
example, the hardware configurations corresponding to the network scale of 6000 or
15,000 equivalent NEs can be used to deploy NCE that needs to manage 6000 equivalent
NEs, but the hardware configurations corresponding to the network scale of 6000
equivalent NEs cannot be used to deploy NCE that needs to manage 15,000 equivalent
NEs.
l If the DR system is deployed, configure the hardware of the primary and secondary sites
in the same way.

Requirements
The resources for a single blade and disk array are specified in the on-premises scenario. You
need to select required blades and disk arrays based on the network type, functional unit
combination, and network scale difference on the live network. If the minimum requirements
are not met, NCE cannot be properly installed or run.

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Table 4-1 Hardware configurations

Hard Model Requirement
ware

Server E9000 l Management board: 2 x MM910

l Switch board: 4 x CX320 (8 x 10GE downstream
port)

Blade CH121 V5 (half- l NIC: 2 x MZ312 (4 x 10GE)

width) l CPU: 2 x Xeon Gold 6138T V5 (2.0 GHz, 20 cores)
l Memory: 10 x 32 GB DDR4
l Hard disk: 2 x 1200 GB SAS (10K RPM)
l RAID card: Avago SAS3508 (2G cache)

Disk 5500 V5 (OceanStor) 25 x 1.2 TB SAS, 128 GB cache

array

Switch S2350 l Number of 10/100Base-TX Ethernet ports: 24

l Number of Gigabit SFP ports: 4
l Number of multiplexed 10/100/1000Base-T
Ethernet ports(Combo): 2

Table 4-2 Blades and disk arrays required for NCE (Transport Domain)
Functi Network Scale Number of Blades Number of Disks
onal
Unit

Control < 6000 equivalent NEs 4 1

ler

Manag < 6000 equivalent NEs 4 1

er
+Contr
oller

Table 4-3 Blades and disk arrays required for NCE (IP Domain)
Functional Unit Network Scale Number of Blades Number of Disks

Manager+Controller < 2000 equivalent 3 (excluding any 1

+Analyzer (basic NEs standby blade)
network analysis)

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Functional Unit Network Scale Number of Blades Number of Disks

Manager+Controller 2000–6000 4 1
+Analyzer (basic equivalent NEs
network analysis
+simulation
analysis)

Manager + 2000–6000 5 1
Controller+Analyzer equivalent NEs
(basic network
analysis+flow
collector+simulation
analysis)

Table 4-4 Blades and disk arrays required for NCE (Access Domain)

Functional Unit Network Scale Number of Blades Number of Disks

Manager < 6000 equivalent 3 1

NEs

Table 4-5 Blades and disk arrays required for NCE (Super)

Functional Unit Network Scale Number of Blades Number of Disks

SDNWAN 30,000 NEs 4 1

50,000 NEs 5 1

SDNWAN 30,000 NEs 4 1

+Analyzer (network
basic) 50,000 NEs 5 1

Table 4-6 Blades and disk arrays required for NCE (IP Domain+Transport Domain+Super)

Dom Functional Network Scale Number of Number of

ain Unit Blades Disks

IP Manager < 6000 equivalent 3 1

+Controller NEs
+Analyzer (basic
network
analysis)

Trans Manager < 6000 equivalent 3 1

port +Controller NEs

Super SDNWAN < 15,000 NEs 3 1

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Dom Functional Network Scale Number of Number of

ain Unit Blades Disks

Total: 10 (including a 3
standby blade)

4.2 Hardware Configurations for Deployment on Private

Clouds
In private cloud scenarios, customers need to prepare resources based on the network type,
functional unit combination, and network scale difference.

Restrictions
l Do not configure CPU, memory, or storage overcommitment. Otherwise, the NCE
performance will deteriorate.
NOTE

Overcommitment is a virtualization technology that allocates more virtual resources than physical
resources to VMs. For example, if the physical memory size is 32 GB, more than 32 GB memory
can be allocated to VMs by using overcommitment.
l VM resources must be exclusively occupied. NCE VMs cannot share resources with
other VM applications.
l Reliability protection must be configured for storage resources. For example, RAID is
configured for disks.
l The management network must be isolated from the service network to improve network
security, for example, isolating the network by VLAN.

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4.3 Server Configurations

Table 4-7 Configuration requirements on the servers
Software Type Version Remarks

Virtualization l On-premises and VMware private Used to install the

software cloud deployment: VMware virtualization
vSphere 6.5 (VM hardware version: environment in different
10) deployment scenarios.
l FusionSphere+CSM private cloud
deployment: FusionSphere
OpenStack V100R006C10 RP3 and
CloudOpera CSM V200R018C00
l Any private cloud deployment: The
virtualization software version is
not limited and is customized based
on NCEconfiguration requirements.
However, the virtualization
software must support the OSs
required by NCE as listed in this
table.

OS SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 OS of VMs

Database MySQL 5.6.37 Used as a common

database for storing basic
service data.

Redis 3.2.6 Used as a common

database for caching
basic service data.

GreenPlum 5.3 Used by Analyzer to

store performance data.

GaussDB V100R003C20SPC110 Used by Controller to

store controller data.

Sybase 15.7 Used by Manager to

store NMS data.

DR Veritas 7.1+Patch 7.1.0.200 Used by Manager in the

DR system to implement
DR for the Sybase
database.

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4.4 Client Configurations

Table 4-8 Configuration requirements on the clients
Type Requirement

Memory 4 GB or above

Hard disk Free hard disk: 8 GB or above

OS l Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)

l Windows 10 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Browser l Internet Explorer 11 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)

l Google Chrome 50 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)
l Firefox 40 or later (32-bit and 64-bit)
l Edge 12 and later versions (64-bit)

Resolution 1366 x 768 px or higher; recommended resolution: 1920 x 1080 px

4.5 Bandwidth Configurations

Table 4-9 Bandwidth configuration requirements for NCE (Transport Domain), NCE (Access
Domain) or NCE (IP Domain)
Item Requirement

Network delay < 50 ms

Packet loss rate < 0.1%

Bandwidth between ≥ 1000 Mbit/s

VM nodes

Bandwidth between A bandwidth over 2 Mbit/s is recommended for communication

the server and between a single client and the server. The minimum bandwidth
clients cannot be less than 128 kbit/s (for example, for a laptop). If the
bandwidth is less than 128 kbit/s, NCE operation efficiency may fail
to meet requirements.
Bandwidth for communication between the server and clients =
Bandwidth between a single client and the server x Number of
clients

Bandwidth between ≥ 2 Mbit/s

the server and
OSSs

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Item Requirement

Bandwidth between Manager, Controller, and Analyzer have different bandwidth

the server and NEs requirements. The required minimum bandwidth is the sum of
bandwidths for deploying Manager, Controller, and Analyzer.
l Controller Committed Information Rate (CIR): N x 2 kbit/s (at
least 4 Mbit/s)
l Manager CIR: N x 1 kbit/s (at least 4 Mbit/s)
l Analyzer CIR of the bandwidth for basic performance data
collection: 20 Mbit/s
l Analyzer CIR for telemetry collection: 1.2 Gbit/s (6000
equivalent NEs)
NOTE
N indicates the number of equivalent NEs.

Bandwidth between A replication link is configured between the primary and secondary
the primary and sites in the DR system for real-time data synchronization.
secondary sites of CIRs of the replication link bandwidth are as follows:
the DR system
l If N is 6000, the CIR is 30 Mbit/s.
l If N is 15,000, the CIR is 50 Mbit/s.
l If telemetry second-level collection is deployed, additional 20
Mbit/s needs to be added to the bandwidth.
NOTE
N indicates the number of equivalent NEs.

Table 4-10 Bandwidth configuration requirements for NCE (Super)

Item Requirement

Network delay < 50 ms

Packet loss rate < 0.1%

Bandwidth between ≥ 1000 Mbit/s

VM nodes

Bandwidth between ≥ 100 Mbit/s

the server and
southbound devices

Bandwidth between ≥ 10 Mbit/s

the server and
clients

Bandwidth between ≥ 10 Mbit/s

the server and OSS

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Item Requirement

Bandwidth between A replication link is configured between the primary and secondary
the primary and sites in the DR system for real-time data synchronization.
secondary sites of CIRs of the replication link bandwidth are as follows:
the DR system
l If N is 15,000, the CIR is 50 Mbit/s.
l If N is 30,000, the CIR is 100 Mbit/s.
l If N is 50,000, the CIR is 150 Mbit/s.
NOTE
N indicates the number of equivalent NEs.

Table 4-11 Bandwidth configuration requirements for NCE (IP Domain+Transport Domain
+Super)
Item Requirement

Network delay < 50 ms

Packet loss rate < 0.1%

Bandwidth between ≥ 1000 Mbit/s

VM nodes

Bandwidth between A bandwidth over 2 Mbit/s is recommended for communication

the server and between a single client and the server. The minimum bandwidth
clients cannot be less than 128 kbit/s (for example, for a laptop). If the
bandwidth is less than 128 kbit/s, NCE operation efficiency may fail
to meet requirements.
Bandwidth for communication between the server and clients =
Bandwidth between a single client and the server x Number of
clients

Bandwidth between ≥ 10 Mbit/s

the server and OSS

Bandwidth between Manager, Controller, and Analyzer have different bandwidth

the server and NEs requirements. The required minimum bandwidth is the sum of
bandwidths for deploying Manager, Controller, and Analyzer.
l Controller CIR: N x 2 kbit/s (at least 4 Mbit/s)
l Manager CIR: N x 1 kbit/s (at least 4 Mbit/s)
l Analyzer CIR for basic performance data collection: 20 Mbit/s
NOTE
N indicates the number of equivalent NEs.

Bandwidth between A replication link is configured between the primary and secondary
the primary and sites in the DR system for real-time data synchronization.
secondary sites of CIR of the replication link bandwidth: 30 Mbit/s
the DR system

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5 High Availability

During system running, unexpected faults may occur due to external environments,
misoperations, or system factors. For these unknown risks, NCE provides hardware, software,
and system-level availability protection solutions, which recover the system from faults to
minimize the damage to the system.
Figure 5-1 shows the NCE availability protection solutions.

Figure 5-1 NCE availability protection solutions

5.1 Hardware Availability

In the on-premises deployment scenario, comprehensive HA solutions are provided for
hardware devices to prevent unknown risks at the hardware level and ensure secure and stable
running of NCE.

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Protection Mechanism
If a fault occurs on the hardware with redundancy protection, the hardware automatically
switches to the normal component to ensure that the NCE OS and application services are
running properly.

Protection Capabilities
Table 5-1 describes HA solutions and their protection capabilities at the hardware level.

Table 5-1 HA solutions for hardware

Protecti Description Protection Capability
on
Solutio
n

Hardwar l E9000 chassis: management module 1+1, l RPO = 0

e power supply 1+1, switch board 1+1, and fan l RTO = 0
redunda redundancy
ncy l Disk array: disk array controller 1+1, power
supply 1+1, and SmartIO card 1+1

1:N In E9000, all blades are defined as a cluster base l RPO = 0

blade on the VMware vSphere HA function. If one of l RTO ≤ 15 minutes
cluster them is damaged, the VM on that blade will be
automatically switched to and restarted on the
specified standby blade to ensure non-stop
running. After the switchover, replace the
damaged blade immediately and specify the new
blade as the standby blade.

RAID l E9000: Configure two hard disks of each l RPO = 0

blade as RAID 1. l RTO = 0
l Disk array: A total of 25 hard disks are
configured as a disk ___domain that adopts hot
backup policies. In addition, a storage pool is
configured as RAID 10. If an extended disk
enclosure is deployed, all disks in the
enclosure are configured as RAID 5.

Notes:
1. Recovery Point Objective (RPO): A service switchover policy that ensures the least data
loss. It tasks the data recovery point as the objective and ensures that the data used for
the service switchover is the latest backup data.
2. Recovery Time Objective (RTO): The maximum acceptable amount of time for
restoring a network or application and regaining access to data after an unexpected
interruption.

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5.2 Software Availability

Comprehensive HA solutions are provided for NCE application software to prevent unknown
risks at the software level and ensure secure and stable running of NCE.

Protection Capabilities
Table 5-2 describes HA solutions and their protection capabilities at the software level.

Table 5-2 HA solutions for software

Protection Description Protection Capability
Solution

HA of l Process restart: Process status is l Process restart time < 5

application monitored in real time. If a process is minutes
services stopped or faulty, a maximum of 10 l Application services
consecutive attempts will be made to switchover
restart it. If all the attempts fail, an alarm
will be reported to inform users of – RPO = 0
manual troubleshooting. – RTO < 1 minute
l Automatic switchover of application
services:
– When the active and standby nodes
are running properly, only the services
on the active node are running. When
the service monitor detects that the
service processes on the active node
are faulty, the service ports on the
standby node are automatically
enabled and the service instances on
the standby node are started to provide
services.
– When cluster nodes are running
properly, each node is in the multi-
active state. If one node fails, other
nodes share the load capability of the
faulty node to provide services for
external systems in a balanced
manner.

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Protection Description Protection Capability

Solution

Data HA l Automatic database switchover: When l Database switchover:

the master and slave nodes (such as the – RPO = 0
DB nodes) are running properly, the
database on the master node is readable – RTO < 1 minute
and writable, and the slave database is l Backup duration < 60
read-only. However, if the master node minutes
fails, the slave node will take over service l Restoration duration <
provisioning. The master/slave 120 minutes
switchover does not affect services.
l Backup and restore: The backup and
restore function is provided for data. Data
is backed up in time. If data becomes
abnormal, users can restore them to the
normal state by using backup files.

Notes:
1. Recovery Point Objective (RPO): A service switchover policy that ensures the least data
loss. It tasks the data recovery point as the objective and ensures that the data used for
the service switchover is the latest backup data.
2. Recovery Time Objective (RTO): The maximum acceptable amount of time for
restoring a network or application and regaining access to data after an unexpected
interruption.

5.3 DR Solutions
DR solutions are provided to prevent unknown risks on the entire system and ensure secure
and stable running of NCE.

Protection Mechanism
The primary and secondary sites communicate with each other through a heartbeat link to
detect the status of the peer site in real time. The primary site uses a data synchronization link
to synchronize data to the secondary site based on the synchronization policy, ensuring data
consistency between the primary and secondary sites. When a disaster such as an earthquake,
fire, or power failure occurs at the primary site, the protection mechanism between the
primary and secondary sites in the DR system is as follows:

1. Performs the takeover operation at the secondary site.

2. The secondary site takes over services from the primary site and provides services for
external systems. The primary site becomes the secondary site.
3. After the original primary site is recovered, perform a one-click switchover on the
original primary site to restore the original primary/secondary relationship.

Protection Capabilities
Table 5-3 describes HA solutions and their protection capabilities at the system level.

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Table 5-3 HA solutions at the system level

Protection Description Protection Capability
Solution

Active/ NCE is deployed on primary and secondary l RPO < 60 seconds

standby sites. Data in each database is synchronized l RTO < 15 minutes
switchover from the primary site to the secondary site
based on the synchronization policy. If the
primary site fails, users can immediately start
the secondary site for using NCE.

Active/ If the heartbeat and replication links become N/A

standby abnormal, an alarm will be reported to
monitoring inform users of manual troubleshooting.

Notes:
1. Recovery Point Objective (RPO): A service switchover policy that ensures the least data
loss. It tasks the data recovery point as the objective and ensures that the data used for
the service switchover is the latest backup data.
2. Recovery Time Objective (RTO): The maximum acceptable amount of time for
restoring a network or application and regaining access to data after an unexpected
interruption.

Limitations and Restrictions

Historical performance data is not synchronized between the primary and secondary sites.

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6 Security

NCE uses the security architecture design that complies with industry standards and practices
to ensure system, network, and application security from multiple layers.

6.1 Security Architecture

NCE security architecture consists of service security, authentication and access control
management, API security, driver security, web security, operating system (OS) security,
database security, and basic security threat prevention.

Figure 6-1 NCE security architecture

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l Service security: secure O&M, SIA authentication, security regulation compliance, and
log auditing.
l IAM (authentication and access control management): user management, role-based
access control, policy management, token management, and user access credential
management.
l Southbound and northbound security: API security, authentication and authorization,
forcible access policy, log recording and auditing, and drive security management.
l Web service security: web application firewall (WAF), certificate management, service
running environment Tomcat/JVM security, load balancing LVS&Nginx, and Redis
memory database security hardening.
l OS security: system hardening, SELinux, and TPM-based trusted boot.
l Database security: user management, access control, data protection, monitoring and
auditing, backup and restore, and load balancing.
l Basic security protection: TLS, anti-DDoS policy, interface access rate control, load
protection, attack detection, security analysis, security zone allocation, and HA solution.

6.2 Security Functions

NCE security management aims to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of
products, services, and user data carried by the products and services and to ensure
traceability and anti-attack capabilities in compliance with applicable laws. NCE provides
multiple security functions to achieve these goals.

Table 6-1 NCE security functions

Security Description
Function

Area isolation l Internal communication and external communication are isolated

and are controlled by different buses.
l The management plane and O&M plane are isolated, and access
control is implemented through different interfaces and users.
NOTE
l The management plane refers to the plane that manages NCE software and
hardware resources.
l The O&M plane refers to the plane that uses NCE to perform O&M
operations on networks and devices.

User management NCE can manage the roles, permissions, and access policies of
system users.

Log management NCE can manage operation logs, system logs, security logs, NE logs,
and northbound logs and, dump Syslog logs.

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Security Description
Function

Authentication and l The user passwords of the management plane and O&M plane are
authorization encrypted and stored using the MD5+Salt/SHA256 irreversible
management algorithms.
l NCE can interconnect with authentication, authorization, and
accounting (AAA) systems such as the RADIUS or LADP
system, and manage and authenticate O&M users in a unified
manner.
l NCE provides SSO authentication services based on CAS and
SAML and supports northbound interconnection and integration
authentication.
l Digital certificates are used for identity authentication. Different
certificates are used for northbound communication, southbound
communication, internal communication, and interconnection
with third-party systems, and the interconnections are isolated
from each other. Certificate replacement and certificate lifecycle
management are supported.
l The SIA token is used for access control between services.

Transmission Both internal and external transmission channels use security

security protocols such as HTTPS, TSL, SSH, SNMPv3, and SFTP.

OS security SELinux is used to harden OS security, system service restrictions are

minimized, and insecure services are disabled.

Database security A dedicated low-permission system account is used to run the

database, and database access permissions are restricted.

Sensitive data l The PBKDF2 algorithm is used to securely store user passwords.
security l The SHA256 algorithm is used to encrypted and stored sensitive
data.
l In SSH communication, the RSA algorithm is used to exchange
keys, and AES128-CTR, AES192-CTR, or AES256-CTR are
used to encrypt data.
l In SNMPv3 communication, HMAC-MD5-96 and HMAC-
SHA-96 are used for authentication and DES-CBC is used for
data encryption.

Software integrity The PKI-CMS inner signature verification solution is used to

protection implement software integrity protection.

Communication l NCE supports the web application firewall (WAF).

security l NCE supports load balancing, traffic control, and access control.
l NCE supports anti-DDoS.

Network security Network isolation and firewall deployment are used to ensure
network security, as shown in Figure 6-2.

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Figure 6-2 NCE networking security (on-premises deployment where southbound and
northbound networks are isolated)

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7 Functions and Features

NCE user-facing scenarios provide cloud-based network management, control, and analysis
optimization.

7.1 System and Common Functions

7.1.1 System Management
NCE interconnects with southbound systems quickly and achieves Single Sign On (SSO) to
O&M interfaces. It supports global configuration in terms of Network Time Protocol (NTP)
time synchronization and license management, software resource capability such as system
monitoring and databases, and troubleshooting such as data backup and restore, system health
check, and fault locating and data collection. This improves interconnection and management
efficiency, helps forecast and detect potential risks in time, facilitates fault rectification, and
therefore ensures stable and secure system running.

System Interconnection
l Southbound interconnection: Integrated with Huawei or third-party systems to quickly
access NEs or virtual resources and obtain NE resources, alarm and performance data,
and virtual resources required for NCE service provisioning or assurance. This improves
interconnection efficiency.
– Configuring and managing southbound drivers: Before interconnecting NCE with a
southbound system, users need to import external drivers by means of driver
lifecycle management and configure SNMP parameters so that SNMP alarms can
be reported to quickly adapt to NEs and service models (resources, alarms, and
performance) of the interconnected system. This achieves quick driver access and
improves interconnection efficiency. Users can also query driver types and monitor
and delete driver instances for unified driver management.
– Interconnecting with a southbound system: Users can interconnect NCE with a
Huawei or third-party system and update certificates to manage NEs or virtual
resources. After login, users can obtain basic information of the NEs, such as NE
and port resources, alarms, and performance data, and collect VM images,
networks, and firewalls. This ensures proper NCE service provisioning and
assurance.
l Single Sign On (SSO): SSO is an access control policy between NCE and its
southbound systems or between the upper-layer system and NCE. With a single login,

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users can access all mutually trusted systems. This implements seamless O&M interface
interconnection between systems and improves O&M efficiency. The SSO system
consists of servers and clients. The clients obtain certificates from the servers and deploy
them. One server can interconnect with multiple clients to achieve unified authentication.
After successfully logging in to the server, users can access all the clients without
entering the username and password.

System Configuration
l Time synchronization: NCE nodes are managed and maintained in a unified mode.
Therefore, the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on each node must be the same to
ensure that NCE can properly manage services and data on the nodes. An NTP-based
external clock source is required to serve as the NTP server of NCE so that the system
time can be adjusted at any time without manual intervention.
– A maximum of 10 NTP servers can be added on NCE. Only one active NTP server
can be configured, and the active NTP server is mandatory. In a disaster recovery
(DR) system, the primary and secondary sites must use the same NTP server to
ensure time consistency between the two sites.
– After an active NTP server is configured, the OMP node synchronizes time with the
active NTP server preferentially. Service nodes then synchronize time with the
OMP node.
– When the active NTP server fails, NCE selects an available NTP server from the
standby NTP servers within 15 minutes and sets it as the active NTP server. If
multiple NTP servers configured on NCE become invalid, the OMP node cannot
synchronize time with the NTP server, and service nodes will no longer synchronize
time with the OMP node.
l License management: Updating and maintaining a license allow the system to properly
run based on the features, versions, capacity, and validity period authorized in a license
file.
License management allows users to initially load, update, and routinely maintain
licenses.
– Initially loading a license
After the system is deployed, you need to load a license by importing license files
so that you can use the system properly.
– Updating a license
During O&M, you need to update a license file under any of the following
conditions:
n The license is about to expire.
n The license has expired.
n The license is invalid.
n The license control resource items or function control items do not meet
service requirements.
n The software service annual fee in the license is about to expire.
n The software service annual fee in the license has expired.
– Routine license maintenance
You need to query license information in the system from time to time, such as the
expiration time, consumption, and capacity, so that you can quickly identify and
resolve problems (for example, a license is about to expire or its capacity is
insufficient).

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l Remote notification: When O&M personnel are not on site due to business travel or off
duty and cannot query significant alarms and service reports, remote notification is used
to send SMS messages and emails to the O&M personnel.

Figure 7-1 Remote notification methods

– Automatic and manual modes are supported.

n Automatic mode: The O&M personnel set the message content and message
sending rules. Then, NCE automatically sends alarms and reports to relevant
personnel in the form of SMS messages or emails through the short message
service gateway (SMSGW) or mail server connected to NCE.
n Manual mode: The O&M personnel manually edit message contents to be sent
or use preset notification templates, and trigger NCE to send SMS messages
and emails to relevant personnel so that they can obtain information about the
alarms and reports.
– The notifications can be sent by SMS message or email.

Table 7-1 Remote notification modes

Form Sent By Description

SMS SMSGW A third-party SMSGW is used, and it is maintained by

messag O&M personnel from the customer network.
e Notifications allow O&M personnel to use a default
SMSGW or reset SMSGW parameters, ensuring
successful interconnection between the SMSGW and
NCE.

Simple The SMN server is a Huawei transit server. After SMN

Message is deployed, parameters for interconnecting NCE with
Notification SMN can be set. After SMN parameters are set,
(SMN) SMSGW parameter settings will not take effect, and the
server SMN server will interconnect with the third-party
SMSGW.

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Form Sent By Description

Email Mail server A third-party mail server is used, and it is maintained by

O&M personnel from the customer network.
Notifications allow O&M personnel to set parameters
for mail servers to establish communication between
mail servers and NCE.

System Monitoring
Global monitoring capability is supported to monitor NCE resource indicators such as
services, processes, nodes, and databases. This helps conduct predictive analysis and detect
potential risks in time. For key resources, the administrator can set thresholds to trigger
alarms and handle exceptions promptly.

l Service and process monitoring: Monitors the service running status and indicators such
as the CPU usage, memory usage, and number of handles. When a process in a service
stops abnormally or becomes faulty, NCE attempts to restart the process. A maximum of
10 consecutive restarts are allowed. If the number is exceeded, an alarm is generated,
requesting users to process the exception manually.
l Node monitoring: Monitors node indicators such as the CPU, virtual memory, physical
memory, and disk partitions. If any resource of the node encounters an exception, the
node is displayed as abnormal. If a key resource remains abnormal within a sampling
period, an alarm is generated.
l Database monitoring: Monitors database indicators such as the space, memory, and
disks. If any resource of the database encounters an exception, the database is displayed
as abnormal. If a key resource remains abnormal within a sampling period, an alarm is
generated.

System Maintenance
l System backup and restore: Backs up and restores the dynamic data, OS, database,
management plane, or application software of NCE. Data is backed up in a timely
manner. If any backup object is abnormal, you can use the corresponding backup file to
recover the object to the normal state.
l O&M management: Provides system maintenance and management functions to help
O&M personnel learn the health status of the system during system running and reduce
running risks. If a system fault occurs, fault information can be collected for fault
demarcation and locating to facilitate repair and reduce losses.
– Health check: Checks and evaluates hardware, OSs, databases, networks, and NCE
services to learn the health status, detect abnormal check items, and determine
whether operation or running risks exist in NCE.
– Data collection: Provides data collection templates based on fault scenarios,
services, and directories. When a system fault occurs, O&M personnel can collect
logs and database tables as required and analyze and locate the fault.
– Fault demarcation and locating: Provides default locating templates for O&M
personnel to select templates based on fault scenarios for automatic fault
demarcation and locating. This helps O&M personnel quickly obtain solutions and
shorten the fault locating time.

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Help System
NCE provides a layered design for the help system adapting to user needs in diverse
scenarios. The help system supports anytime, anywhere, and on-demand learning. A variety
of help forms such as tooltips, panels, F1 pressing, question mark tips, and Information Center
are provided. All necessary information is directly displayed on the GUI. Information that is
closely related to the current operation is folded. You can expand the information if necessary.
Systematic learning information is placed in the Information Center.

7.1.2 Alarm Management

Alarm Management enables O&M personnel to centrally monitor NE, system services, and
third-party system alarms and quickly locate and handle network faults, ensuring normal
network operation.

Alarm severity
Alarm severities indicate the severities of faults. Alarms need to be handled depending on
their severity. Alarm severities can also be redefined, as shown in Table 7-2.

Table 7-2 Alarm severities

Alarm Color Description Handling Policy

Severit
y

Critical Services are affected. Corrective The fault must be rectified

measures must be taken immediately. Otherwise, services
immediately. may be interrupted or the system
may break down.

Major Services are affected. If the fault is Major alarms need to be handled
not rectified in a timely manner, in time. Otherwise, important
serious consequences may occur. services will be affected.

Minor Indicates a minor impact on You need to find out the cause of
services. Problems of this severity the alarm and rectify the fault.
may result in serious faults, and
therefore corrective actions are
required.

Warning Indicates that a potential or Warning alarms are handled

imminent fault that affects services based on network and NE
is detected, but services are not running status.
affected.

Different handling policies apply to different alarm severities. You can change the severity of
a specific alarm as required.

NOTE

The severity of an alarm needs to be adjusted when the impact of the alarm becomes larger or smaller.

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Alarm statuses
Table 7-3 lists the alarm statuses, Figure 7-2 list the alarm status relationship.

Table 7-3 Alarm statuses

Status Name Alarm Status Description

Acknowledgement Acknowledged and The initial acknowledgment status is

status unacknowledged Unacknowledged. A user who views an
unacknowledged alarm and plans to
handle it can acknowledge the alarm.
When acknowledged, the status changes
to Acknowledged. Acknowledged alarms
can be unacknowledged. When
unacknowledged, the status is restored to
Unacknowledged. You can also configure
automatic acknowledgment rules to
automatically acknowledge alarms.

Clearance status Cleared and uncleared The initial clearance status is Uncleared.
When a fault that causes an alarm is
rectified, a clearance notification is
automatically reported to Alarm
Management and the clearance status
changes to Cleared. For some alarms,
clearance notifications cannot be
automatically reported. You need to
manually clear these alarms after
corresponding faults are rectified. The
background color of cleared alarms is
green.

Maintenance status Normal and The initial maintenance status is Normal.

maintenance When monitoring or querying alarms, you
can set filter criteria to filter out
maintenance alarms.
NOTE
l The Normal alarm is displayed as Normal
in the Maintenance Status column of the
alarm list.
l The Maintenance alarm is displayed as
Maintenance or Invalid status column of
the alarm list.

Validity Valid and invalid The initial validity status is Valid. You
can configure an identification rule to
identify alarms that do not concern you as
invalid alarms. When monitoring or
querying alarms, O&M personnel can set
the filter criteria to filter out invalid
alarms.

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Figure 7-2 Alarm status relationship

An acknowledged and cleared alarm becomes a historical alarm after a specified period, and a
non-historical alarm is called a current alarm. Table 7-4 shows the definition of an alarm.

Table 7-4 Current alarms and historical alarms

Name Description

Current alarms Current alarms include uncleared and unacknowledged alarms,

acknowledged but uncleared alarms, and unacknowledged but cleared
alarms. When monitoring current alarms, you can identify faults in
time, operate accordingly, and notify maintenance personnel of these
faults.

Historical alarms Acknowledged and cleared alarms are historical alarms. You can
analyze historical alarms to optimize system performance.

Alarm and event types

Table 7-5 list the alarm and event types.

Table 7-5 Alarm and event

Na Description Differences Between Alarms and Similarities

me Events

Ala Indicates a l An alarm indicates that an exception or Alarms and events

rm notification fault occurs in the system or MO. An are presented to
generated event is a notification generated when users as
when the the system or MO is running properly. notifications.
system or an l Alarms must be handled. Otherwise,
MO is faulty. services will be abnormal due to these
exceptions or faults. Events do not need
to be handled and are used for analyzing
and locating problems.
l Users can acknowledge and clear alarms
on the GUI. Users cannot acknowledge
or clear events.

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Na Description Differences Between Alarms and Similarities

me Events

Eve Indicates a
nt notification of
status changes
generated
when the
system or an
MO is
running
properly.

Alarms or events are displayed on the page when NEs, services, and interconnected third-
party systems detect their exceptions or significant status changes. Table 7-6 describes the
types of alarms and events.

Table 7-6 Alarm and event types

Type Description

Communications Alarms caused by failures of the communications in an NE,

alarm between NEs, between an NE and a management system, or
between management systems. Example: device communication
interruption alarm

Quality of service Alarms caused by service quality deterioration. Example: device

alarm congestion alarm

Processing error Alarms caused by software or processing errors. Example: version

alarm mismatch alarm

Equipment alarm Alarms caused by physical resource faults. Example: board fault
alarm

Environment alarm Alarms caused by problems related to the ___location of a device.

Example: smoke alarms generated when smoke occurs in an
equipment room

Integrity alarm Alarms generated when requested operations are denied. Example:
alarms caused by unauthorized modification, addition, and deletion
of user information

Operation alarm Alarms generated when the required services cannot run properly
due to problems such as service unavailability, faults, or incorrect
invocation. Example: service rejection, service exit, and procedural
errors.

Physical resource Alarms generated when physical resources are damaged. Example:
alarm alarms caused by cable damage and intrusion into an equipment
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Type Description

Security alarm Alarms generated when security issues are detected by a security
service or mechanism. Example: authentication failures,
confidential disclosures, and unauthorized accesses

Time ___domain alarm Alarms generated when an event occurs at improper time. Example:
alarms caused by information delay, invalid key, or resource access
at unauthorized time

Property change Events generated when MO attributes change. Example: events

caused by addition, reduction, and change of attributes

Object creation Events generated when an MO instance is created.

Object deletion Events generated when an MO instance is deleted.

Relationship change Events generated when MO relationship attributes change.

State change Events generated when MO status attributes change.

Route change Events generated when routes change.

Protection switching Alarms or events caused by the switchover.

Over limit Alarms or events reported when the performance counter reaches
the threshold.

File transfer status Alarms or events reported when the file transfer succeeds or fails.

Backup status Events generated when MO backup status changes.

Heart beat Events generated when heartbeat notifications are sent.

Alarm Handling Mechanisms

Alarm Management provides three handling mechanisms:
l Alarm merging rules improve alarm monitoring efficiency.
l Processing of the full current alarm cache is used to control the number of current
alarms.
l Alarm dump rules are used to control the storage capacity of the database to prevent
system performance from being affected.

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Table 7-7 Alarm handling mechanisms

Mechanism Description

Alarm merging rule To help users improve the efficiency of monitoring and handling
alarms, Alarm Management provides alarm merging rules.
Alarms with the same specified fields (nativeMoDn, moi,
alarmGroupId, alarmId, reasonId, and specialAlarmStatus)
are merged into one alarm. This rule is used only for monitoring
and viewing alarms on the Current Alarms page and takes
effect only for current alarms.
The specific implementation scheme is as follows:
l If a newly reported alarm does not correspond to any
previous reported alarm that meets the merging rule, the
newly reported alarm is displayed as a merged alarm and the
value of Occurrence Times is 1.
l If the newly reported alarm B and the previous reported
alarm A meet the merging rule, alarm B and alarm A are
merged into one alarm record and are sorted by clearance
status and occurrence time.
If alarm A is displayed on top, it is still regarded as a merged
alarm, and the Occurrence Times value of the merged alarm
increases by one. Alarm B is regarded as an individual
alarm.
If alarm B is displayed on top, it is regarded as a merged
alarm, and the Occurrence Times value of the merged alarm
increases by one. Alarm A is regarded as an individual
alarm.
In the alarm list, click Occurrence Times of an alarm, you
can view the detailed information about the merged alarm
and individual alarm.
l If a merged alarm is cleared, it will be converted into an
individual alarm. The previous individual alarms will be
sorted by clearance status and occurrence time. The first one
becomes a merged alarm.
l If a merged alarm or individual alarm is cleared and
acknowledged, the alarm will be converted to a historical
alarm and the value of Occurrence Times decreases by one.

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Mechanism Description

Processing of the full To prevent excessive current alarms from deteriorating system
current alarm cache performance, Alarm Management provides a full-alarm
processing rule. When the number of current alarms in the
database reaches the upper threshold, Alarm Management
applies the following two rules to move some alarms to the
historical-alarm list until the number of alarms falls to 90% of
the upper threshold.
l The cleared alarms, acknowledged and uncleared ADMC
alarms, acknowledged and uncleared ADAC alarms, and
unacknowledged and uncleared alarms are moved to the
historical-alarm list in sequence.
l The first reported alarms are moved to the historical-alarm
list by time.

Alarm dump rule To avoid excessive alarm database data, the system processes
events, masked alarms, and historical alarms every two minutes
according to the following rules:
l If the database tablespace usage reaches 80%, Alarm
Management dumps the data in the database to files
according to the sequence of occurrence time and the data
table type (event, masked alarm, or historical alarm).
l The dumped file will be deleted after 180 days.
l If the size of the dumped file exceeds 1024 MB or the total
number of files exceeds 1000, the system deletes the earliest
files.

Alarm management functions

Main functions of alarm management are as follows:

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Table 7-8 Alarm management functions

Function Description

Configuring Provides alarm rules and visual management GUIs.

alarms l Masking rule
During maintenance, testing, or deployment, the system or MO
generates predictable alarms or events that do not need to be
concerned and handled. You can set masking rules to mask these
alarms or events on the Current Alarms or Events page. When
setting a masking rule, you can choose to discard masked alarms or
events (not saving them in the alarm database) or display the masked
alarms on the Masked Alarms page.
l Notification templates and rule
You can send SMS or email alarm notifications to O&M personnel so
that they can timely handle alarms.
l Severity and type redefinition rule
To ensure the smooth running of network devices or key devices in a
region, you can set redefinition rules to adjust the severity and type
of alarms. For example, if an alarm is considered important, it can be
set to a high-level alarm. O&M personnel can then handle it first to
provide high-quality network assurance services.
l Name redefinition rule
Some alarm names are technical and difficult to understand. You can
redefine alarm names as required.
l Alarm synchronization
After a peer system is disconnected from the current system, alarms
of the peer system cannot be reported to the current system. After the
connection is restored, the alarms need to be synchronized with the
current system to facilitate monitoring.
l Correlation rule
A correlation rule defines correlative relationships between alarms.
Correlated alarms are the alarms whose causes are related. Among
correlated alarms, one alarm is the root cause of the others. You can
customize, enable, and disable default correlation rules as required.
When monitoring or viewing alarms, you can filter out correlative
alarms and focus on only the root alarms that you want to handle.
l Intermittent/Toggling alarm handling rule
When the interval between alarm generation and alarm clearance is
less than a specific period, the alarm is considered as an intermittent
alarm.
When the number of times that an alarm against an object is
alternatively generated and cleared exceed a specified value, the
alarm is considered as a toggling alarm.
Intermittent/Toggling alarms can be discarded or merged to reduce
interference caused by repetitive alarms.
l Aggregation rule
After an aggregation rule is set, the system automatically aggregates
the repeated alarms reported within the specified period into one

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Function Description

alarm. O&M personnel can view the aggregated alarms on the alarm
details page.
l Experience
After handling an alarm, record the handling information to the
experience database for future reference or guidance. You can import
or export experience.
l Setting events as ADMC alarms
If you want to improve the significance of specific events, you can
set them to Auto Detected Manually Cleared (ADMC) alarms. These
events will be reported as alarms that are not automatically cleared.
You can monitor and view these alarms in real time on the alarm list.
l Auto acknowledge rule
After an automatic acknowledgment rule is set, Alarm Management
automatically acknowledges the current alarms in the cleared state
according to a specific rule and moves the acknowledged alarms to
the Historical Alarms page.

Monitoring and l Provides multiple alarm lists.

viewing alarms – Provides a current-alarm list to push alarms to the Current
Alarms page. A maximum of 100,000 alarms can be displayed.
O&M personnel can monitor and handle alarms in real time using
the list.
– Provides an alarm log list. You can view current and historical
alarms. A maximum of 20,000 alarms can be displayed.
– Provides a historical-alarm list, which displays a maximum of
20,000 acknowledged and cleared alarms. Administrators can
export historical alarms for network analysis.
– Provides a masked-alarm list. This allows you to view masked
alarms and determine whether masking rules are properly set. A
maximum of 20,000 alarms can be displayed.
– Provides an event list, which presents the event messages sent by
NEs to the system. A maximum of 20,000 events can be
displayed.
l Alarm sound
When a new alarm is reported, Alarm Management plays a sound.
l Statistics panel
On the Current Alarms page, four statistical charts (Top 10 Alarm,
By Duration, Top 10 Device, and By Severity) are provided,
showing top 10 alarms, the number of alarms by alarm duration, top
10 devices with the largest number of current alarms, and the number
of alarms at each severity.
l Filter
You can set criteria to filter alarms that require special attention.

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Handling Alarm handling operations are as follows:

alarms l Viewing alarm details
Obtain key alarm information, including alarm names, handling
suggestions, and ___location information, to facilitate fault diagnosis and
troubleshooting.
l Manually acknowledging alarms
Acknowledging an alarm indicates that an alarm is traced by a user,
and other users do not need to pay attention to this issue. If you want
other users to focus on the alarm again, you can unacknowledge the
alarm as follows: Manual alarm acknowledgement,
unacknowledgement, and automatic acknowledgement by severity
are supported in Alarm Management.
l Recording experience
After handling an alarm, the O&M personnel can record the handling
experience for future reference in a timely manner.
l Manually clearing alarms
You can manually clear alarms that do not exist or that cannot be
automatically cleared.

7.1.3 Security Management

Security management involves user permissions, system security policies, and logs. Security
management helps protect NCE against unauthorized user logins and therefore ensures system
data security.

7.1.3.1 User Management

User Management ensures the security of user information and the system. By attaching users
to roles and managing the permissions of roles, resource allocation is optimized and
permission management is simplified, improving O&M efficiency.
l Role-based authorization minimizes permissions and optimizes resource allocation.
l The permissions and resources in a region are managed by the region administrator,
ensuring prompt maintenance of user permissions.
l Most users use the Authentication, Authorization, Accounting (AAA) system to
implement centralized user management, authentication, and authorization. After
interconnecting with the AAA system though remote authentication configuration, the
system authenticates users on the AAA system to ensure that only authenticated users
can log in to the system.

User Management
l User
– Information about a user includes a user name, password, and permissions.
– User admin is the default user in the system, that is, the system administrator. User
admin can manage all resources and has all operation rights. This user is attached
to both the Administrators and SMManagers roles.

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– The user who has the User Management permission in the default region is a
security administrator.
– The Administrators role has all the permissions except User Management. The
user attached to this role is an administrator.
l Role
Users attached to a role have all the permissions granted to the role. You can quickly
authorize a user by attaching the user to a role, facilitating permission management.
Figure 7-3 shows role information.

Figure 7-3 Role information

Users attached to a role have all the permissions granted to the role and can manage all
the resources managed by the role. A user can be attached to multiple roles. If a user is
attached to multiple roles, this user has all the permissions granted to the roles and can
manage all the resources managed by the roles.
Default roles cannot be deleted and their permissions cannot be modified because the
permissions are granted by the system. The system provides the following default roles:

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Users attached to the Administrators or SMManagers roles have the operation rights
for all resources in the system. Therefore, perform operations using these user accounts
with caution. Do not perform any operations affecting system security. For example, do
not share or distribute these user names and passwords.

Role Name Description

Administrators The user group has all the permissions except User
Management, Query Security Log, View Online Users, and
Query Personal Security Log. The user attached to this role
is an administrator.

SMManagers The user group has the User Management, License

Manager, View Online Users, and Query Security Log
permissions.

APIManager The user group has the permissions to call the RESTCONF
API and northbound APIs with the GET, POST, PUT,
DELETE or PATCH operations.

The role to invoke The user group has the Invoke Southbound APIs permission.
southbound APIs

NBISNMPManager The user group has the permission to configure the SNMP
alarm interface. Users attached to this role can query and
configure the interconnection parameters of the SNMP alarm
interface.

NBI User Group The user group has the permission to configure the
northbound interfaces excluding SNMP NBI, such as
CORBA, XML, OMC, TEXT NBIs.

Guest The ___domain of this user group is All Objects, and it has
operation rights for default monitor operation sets. They can
perform query operations, such as querying statistics, but
cannot create or configure objects.

Maintenance Group The ___domain of this user group is All Objects, and it has
operation rights for default maintenance operation sets. In
addition to the rights of the Guests and Operator Group
groups, users in this group have the rights to to create services
and perform configurations that affect the running of the NCE
and NEs. For example, they can search for SDH protection
subnets and trails, delete composite services, and reset boards.

Operator Group The ___domain of this user group is All Objects, and it has
operation rights for default operator operation sets. In addition
to the rights of the Guests group, users in this group have the
rights to modify, (rights to perform potentially service-
affecting operations are not involved). For example, they can
change alarm severities.

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Role Name Description

uTraffic User Group When uTraffic interconnects with the NCE, uTraffic accounts
will be created on the NCE to manage operation uTraffic
rights on the NCE.

l Operation Rights and Operation Set

Operation sets are used to assign a set of operation rights to roles. Users attached to a
role have the operation set of this role.
User Management provides two types of operation sets:
– Application operation set: a collection of operation rights for system functions, such
as querying system logs and creating users.
The system provides the default application operation set All Application
Operations. For security purposes, this operation set contains the operation rights
for all the system functions except User Management, Auditlog Manager, and
License Manager.
– Device operation set: a collection of operation rights for devices, such as starting
and stopping switches.
The system provides the default device operation set All Device Operations that
contains the operation rights for all the devices.

Permission Management
A permission defines what operations a user can perform on what objects. Permission
elements include an operator, operation objects, and operations as shown in Figure 7-4.

Figure 7-4 User Management permission

l Permission
– Users act as operators.
– Operation objects include the system and resources (physical and virtual resources,
such as servers, network devices, and VMs) where users perform operations.
– Operations include application operations and device operations. Application
operations are performed on the system. Device operations are performed on
resources.

l Authorization mechanism

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Authorization is a process of granting permissions on certain objects to users.

Authorization mechanism of User Management is as follows:
– To authorize a user with an object on which this user needs to perform operations,
add this object to the managed objects of the role that this user is attached to.
– To authorize a user with an operation that this user needs to perform, add this
operation to the operations for which the role that this user is attached to have
operation rights.
#EN-US_TOPIC_0113976028/fig146335741019 shows the authorization principles of
User Management.

Figure 7-5 User authorization principles of User Management

NOTE

l Users can perform application operations and device operations. If only managed objects are
configured for a role but no device operation is configured, users of this role can view the
managed objects after logging in to the system but do not have the operation rights for the
managed objects.
l If Assign rights to users directly is selected, permissions can be directly granted to users.
l Authorization method
The authorization method of user management grants permissions by attaching a user to
a role. After the security administrator sets role permissions (including managed objects
and operation rights), the security administrator attaches the user to a role so that the user
has the permissions of this role. If Assign rights to users directly is selected,
permissions can be directly granted to users.
User authorization allows security administrators to implement authorization for all users
in a post at one time. If the employees of a post are changed, security administrators can
delete the original user from the role and add the new user to authorize the new user.

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Regions Management
Regions can be classified by geographic ___location or resource usage. Users can be authorized
based on regions.
Security administrators can create different regions based on service requirements to
implement regional rights-based management. After a region is created, the system
automatically creates a region administrator role Region name_SMManager for the new
region. Security administrators need to set parameters on the Mandate-Operation Rights and
Mandate-Managed Objects tab pages for the region administrator so that the region
administrator can manage the users, roles, objects, and operation sets in this region based on
the settings.

Figure 7-6 Region administrator

l Security administrator permissions and region administrator permissions

Security administrators have all the permissions in the system. Region administrator
permissions are set by security administrators based on service requirements.
l Region administrator permissions and permissions of roles in the region
The permissions and managed objects set for a region administrator on the Mandate-
Operation Rights and Mandate-Managed Objects tab pages can be assigned by the
region administrator to roles in the region.

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User Maintenance and Monitoring

During user permission maintenance, you can view and modify user, role, and operation set
information, and monitor user sessions and operations in real time. This ensures system
security.
l Common operations for user information maintenance include viewing user information,
deleting users, exporting user information, and modifying user information.
l Common operations for role information maintenance include viewing role information,
deleting roles, exporting role information, and modifying role information.
l Common operations for operation set information maintenance include viewing
operation set information, deleting operation sets, and modifying operation set
information. You can modify user information (such as Max. online sessions and Login
time policy) in batches to improve system security.
l Personal settings involve periodically changing personal data such as the user password,
telephone number, and email address. This improves user security.
NOTE

l When users modify their personal data, such as mobile numbers and email addresses, they are
obligated to take considerable measures, in compliance with the laws of the countries
concerned and the user privacy policies of their company, to ensure that the personal data of
users is fully protected.
l To ensure the security of personal data, such as mobile numbers and email addresses, these
data is anonymized on the GUI, and HTTPS encryption transmission channels are used.
l Resetting a User Password: If a user other than admin loses the password or cannot
change the password, this user needs to contact security administrators to reset the
password.

l You are not allowed to reset the password of user admin. If you forget the password
of user admin, it cannot be retrieved and you can only reinstall the system.
Therefore, ensure that you memorize the password of user admin.
l For account security purposes, it is recommended that third-party system access users
contact the security administrator to periodically reset their passwords.

l User monitoring: User monitoring monitors resource access behavior of users, including
session monitoring (online status) and operation monitoring. If a user performs an
unauthorized or dangerous operation, the system allows security administrators to
forcibly log out the user. This function allows security administrators to prevent user
accesses and ensure system security.

Security Policies
Security Policies allow you to set access control rules for users. This function improves O&M
efficiency and prevents unauthorized users from performing malicious operations in the
system to ensure system security. The security policy function allows you to set account
policies, password policies, login IP address control policies, and login time control policies.
l Account policies: An account policy includes the minimum user name length and user
login policies. Appropriate setting of an account policy improves system access security.
The account policy is set by security administrators and takes effect for all users.

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l Password policies: A password policy includes the password complexity, change

interval, and character limitation. Appropriate setting of a password policy prevents
users from setting weak passwords or using a password for a long period of time,
improving system access security. The password policy is set by security administrators
and takes effect for all users. A new password policy does not affect the configured
password.
l Login IP address control policies: A client IP address control policy provides a control
mechanism for checking the accessibility of the IP address used by an external access
request during system operation. After an IP address control policy is set and applied,
users are allowed to log in to the system only using IP addresses within a specified IP
address range.
l Login time control policies: A login time control policy provides a control mechanism
for checking the validity time of an external access request during system operation.
After a login time control policy is set and applied, users are allowed to log in to the
system only within the specified period.

7.1.3.2 Log Management

Log Management records logs and allows user to query and export logs, and create, export,
and import operation log templates. In this way, users can obtain the information about their
operations performed in the system and the system running status in real time. Log
Forwarding Settings reports audit logs and logs reported by other applications to the Syslog
server for users to query and analyze.

Scenario
Log Management is used when users need to locate and troubleshoot faults, perform routine
maintenance, trace history logs, and query operation logs across systems.

l Routine maintenance
In routine maintenance, users view logs. If there are logs recording failed or partially
successful operations, or logs in Risk level, analyze the logs and troubleshoot the faults.
l Fault locating and troubleshooting
To locate and troubleshoot faults occurring during system running, users analyze logs to
detect whether risk-level operations or operations that affect system security are
performed.
l Historical log tracing
Logs are stored in the database after being generated. The system periodically dumps
logs from the database to a hard disk for sufficient database space and periodically
deletes the dumped logs from the hard disk for sufficient disk space. To ensure the
integrity and traceability of logs, users can forward these logs to the Syslog server.
l Cross-system operation log query
If users need to query operation logs meeting the same criteria on different systems, they
can set filter criteria on one of the systems, save these criteria as a template, and import
the template to other systems.

Log types
Log Management allows the system to automatically record the information about operations
performed by users in the system and the system running status.

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Log Management records five types of logs. Table 7-9 describes the log types.

Table 7-9 Log types

Type Definition Triggered By Purpose Level

Security Records user Operations Detect security Risk, Minor,

log operations performed by users issues and risks. and Warning
performed in the (including third-
system that affect party system access
system security. users) attached to
the SMManagers
role, such as:
l Creating a user
l Changing a
password

System Records system System operations, Analyze the Risk, Minor,

log operations or tasks. such as: system running and Warning
l Unlocking a status and rectify
user faults.
l Starting a
scheduled task.

Operatio Records user User (including Trace and analyze Risk, Minor,
n log operations third-party system user operations. and Warning
performed in the access users)
system that do not operations, such as:
affect system l Exporting
security. current alarms.
l Creating a
subnet.

NE Syslog run logs System operations. You can view the Warning,
syslog record running NE syslog run Error
run log information about logs on the NCE,
managed NEs. rather than
viewing them on
each NE. The
NCE allows users
to browse syslog
run logs of IP
NEs.
NOTE
This function
applies to NCE
(IP Domain).

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Type Definition Triggered By Purpose Level

NE Syslog operation System operations. You can view the Warning,

syslog logs record NE syslog Error
operatio operation logs about operation logs on
n log managed NEs. the NCE, rather
than viewing
them on each NE.
The NCE allows
users to browse
syslog operation
logs of access
NEs.
NOTE
This function
applies to NCE
(Access Domain).

Log Management
When operations are performed by users in the system or events are triggered by the system,
Log Management records logs and saves the logs to the Log Management database for users
to view on the GUI. In addition, Log Management can automatically dump the logs from the
database to the hard disk.
Figure 7-7 shows the principles of Log Management.

Figure 7-7 Principles of Log Management

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NOTE

To modify the default conditions, contact Huawei technical support. Default dumping parameters as
followings:
l Number of logs: ≥1,000,000
l Tablespace usage: ≥80%
l Log storage duratioon: ≥90 days

Log Forwarding
Log Forwarding Settings is used when users need to trace the logs recorded by Log
Management, and query and analyze the logs recorded by Log Management and the logs of
other functions (such as NE Syslog run logs and NE Syslog operation logs) in real time.
l Users need to permanently store the logs recorded by Log Management so that they can
trace the logs to locate problems or rectify faults.
l Users need to query and analyze the logs recorded by Log Management and the logs of
other functions (such as NE Syslog run logs and NE Syslog operation logs) in real time
on Syslog servers so that they can centrally manage the logs and detect and handle
potential security risks in a timely manner.
Figure 7-8 shows the principles of Log Forwarding Settings.

Figure 7-8 Principles of Log Forwarding Settings

7.2 Network Management

NCE provides improved NE- and network-level security management, topology management,
alarm management, performance management, inventory management, and software

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management. It can manage all NEs on Huawei transport networks, IP networks, access
networks, and obtain third-party device information over NETCONF, SNMP, and ICMP to
manage third-party devices. This meets customer requirements for network convergence and
service growth.

7.2.1 Basic Functions

This topic presents an overview of basic functions and features of NCE.

Table 7-10 Overview of functions and features of NCE

Functio Description
n or
Feature

Security Security management ensures the security of NCE through user management,
managem login management, rights- and ___domain-based management, and other security
ent policies. Security management also includes log management, which manages
logs about logins, user operations, and running of NCE to provide a
comprehensive security solution.
For details, see Security Management.

NE NCE communicates with managed NEs successfully only after the connection
communi parameters are correctly set.
cation Users can perform the following operations to manage NE communication
paramete parameters on NCE:
r
managem l Query and set the SNMP parameters;
ent l Manage the default SNMP parameter template;
l Query and set the NE Telnet/STelnet parameters;
l Configure the Telnet/STelnet parameters in batches;
l Manage the Telnet/STelnet parameter template;
l Manage the FTP/TFTP/SFTP parameter template;
l Manage the NETCONF parameter template;
l Query and set the NE NETCONF parameters;
l Set CloudOpera CSM Communication.

Topology In topology management, the managed NEs and their connections are
managem displayed in a topology view. Users can learn the network structure and
ent monitor the operating status of the entire network in real time by browsing the
topology view.
For details, see 7.2.1.1 Topology Management.

DCN NCE communicates with NEs and manages and maintains network nodes
managem through a data communication network (DCN).
ent For details, see 7.2.1.2 DCN Management.

Alarm Alarm management enables O&M personnel to centrally monitor NE, system
managem service, and third-party system alarms and quickly locate and handle network
ent faults, ensuring normal network operation.
For details, see Alarm Management.

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Functio Description
n or
Feature

Performa The performance of a network may deteriorate because of internal or external

nce factors and faults may occur. To achieve good network performance for live
managem networks and future networks while controlling costs, network planning and
ent monitoring are necessary. In addition, network efficiency needs to be measured
in terms of the throughput rate, resource usage, and error rate. Performance
management enables users to detect the deteriorating tendency in advance and
solve the potential threats so that faults can be prevented. In addition, high-
precision (10-6) performance measurement based on service packets is
implemented to collect performance indicators, including the packet loss rate,
delay, and jitter.
For details, see 7.2.1.3 Performance Management.

Inventory NCE provides the functions of collecting, querying, printing, and exporting
managem network-wide physical resources and service resources in a unified manner.
ent This helps users obtain resource information on the entire network in a
convenient, quick, and accurate manner to support service planning, routine
maintenance, NE warranty, and network reconstruction.
For details, see 7.2.1.4 Inventory Management.

Customiz Integration Script Star (iSStar) is a script-based secondary development

ed O&M platform. It helps achieve fast batch operations on network-wide NEs and
using customize report formats.
iSStar For details, see 7.2.1.5 Customized O&M Using iSStar.

NE NE Software Management is an independent subsystem of NCE. The

software subsystem is used to manage NE data and upgrade or downgrade NE software.
managem Managing NE data includes data saving and backup as well as policy
ent management. Upgrading or downgrading NE software includes loading,
activation, restoration, task management, and software library management.
For details, see 7.2.1.6 NE Software Management.

Centraliz Centralized task management is a task management mechanism that manages

ed task and coordinates all scheduled tasks in a unified management GUI. Two types
managem of tasks are managed in the centralized task management mode: system
ent scheduled tasks (periodic) and custom scheduled tasks (one-off). The two types
of tasks can run automatically at a scheduled time. Users can set parameters
and browse the task status, progress, and results.

NE NE template management allows users to bulk configure NEs by using

template configuration templates. This makes NE configuration faster and easier.
managem Repetitive and labor-intensive data entry for NE configurations can be avoided
ent by using templates that automatically fill in the parameter values of the NEs.

NE data NCE supports batch configuration of NE services by using configuration

configura templates, importing data sheets, and loading configuration files. NCE also
tion and supports the backup, restoration, and synchronization of NCE data and NE
managem data. With this function, services can be provisioned quickly on the GUI.
ent

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Functio Description
n or
Feature

Network The function enables users to conveniently install and update the Network
Manage Management app when the NCE server functions properly and communicates
ment app successfully with the NCE client.
installati
on and
update

7.2.1.1 Topology Management

In topology management, the managed NEs and their connections are displayed in a topology
view. Users can learn the network structure and monitor the operating status of the entire
network in real time by browsing the topology view.
NCE provides the physical view, clock view, and custom view to help users monitor the
operating status of the entire network conveniently.
NCE also offers service topology management for various end-to-end services such as VPLS,
PWE3, L3VPN, E-AGGR, and tunnel services. Service topology allows users to view and
configure services easily.

Physical View and Its Functions

The physical view of NCE consists of a navigation tree on the left and a view on the right.
The navigation tree shows the network hierarchy. The view displays the objects at different
coordinates on the background map, which helps identify the locations of deployed objects.
Users can set the background of the main topology view using GIF or JPG pictures.
Figure 7-9 shows the physical view of NCE and its functions

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Figure 7-9 Physical view and its function

1: Navigation tree 2 & 3: Shortcut icon 4: Main topology

In this area, all NEs By clicking a shortcut icon, In this area, all NEs, links
managed by NCE are users can: and subnets managed by
displayed. Using the NCE are displayed. In the
l Perform a simple task
navigation tree, users can Main Topology, users can:
quickly. For example,
quickly locate NEs. l Create subnets, NEs, and
enter the main topology,
create connections and links, configure NE data,
check for conflicting IP browse fibers/cables,
addresses. delete topology objects,
browse current alarms,
l Operate in a topology.
and synchronize NE
For example, zoom in or
configuration data.
out of the view, refresh
or save the view, show or l Check NE statuses and
hide the navigators, communication status
search for objects, view using the filter tree and
object attributes, and legends.
lock or unlock the view. l Locate NEs.

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5: Legend, filter and 6: Overview 7: System time on the client

attributes Users can locate the area
In this area, users can set the displayed in the topology
display modes of objects in view easily.
a view, view legends and
NE attributes in the view.
The filter tree and legends
help users locate an object
quickly.

8: User name of the logged- 9: Server name that is set on 10: Network-wide NE
in user the client and the IP address statistics
of the server This area displays statistics
about managed NEs on the
entire network by type.

Alarm Display
In the topology view, alarms are displayed in different colors or icons to indicate different
status of the subnets and NEs. The default method is color-coded display.

Figure 7-10 Alarm display in the topology view

The alarm display in the topology view has the following features:
l The color of a topological node indicates the operating status (such as normal, unknown,
or offline) and alarm status of the monitored NE.
l When an NE generates multiple alarms of different severities, the color or icon that
indicates the highest alarm severity of these alarms is displayed in the topology view.
l When multiple nodes in a subnet generate alarms, the subnet is displayed in the color or
icon that indicates the highest alarm severity of these alarms.
l Users can switch to the current alarm window of an NE using the shortcut menu of the
NE node. In addition, users can query the details of current alarms on the NE Panel.

Automatic Topology-Discovery
NCE provides automatic topology-discovery to automatically add NEs to the topology view,
which helps reduce the operation expenditure (OPEX).

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Figure 7-11 Illustration of the automatic topology-discovery function

1. A wizard is provided to instructs users to set the parameters required for the automatic
discovery, such as NE type, SNMP parameters, and the IP address range.
2. When parameters are set, NCE searches for the required NEs in the specified network
segments according to the preset conditions. All NEs from Huawei and other vendors
that meet the conditions will be displayed in the topology view. Meanwhile, the basic
configuration data of these NEs is uploaded, which simplifies configuration.
3. Users can pause the discovery at any time. If the discovery fails, the cause of failure is
provided when the discovery ends.
NCE supports the following automatic topology-discovery functions:
l Creating NEs in batches
– Batch creation of SNMP/ICMP-based NEs: SNMP/ICMP-based NEs involve
routers, switches, and security and access NEs. When NCE communicates with
these NEs successfully, it can search out the required NEs by IP address or by
network segment and then bulk create these NEs.
– Batch creation of transport/PTN NEs: Based on the IP address, network segment, or
network service access point (NSAP) address of a GNE, NCE can automatically
search out all the NEs that communicate with the GNE and bulk creates these NEs.
– Batch import of NEs: Security GNEs, service monitoring GNEs, and security
virtual network (SVN) series security NEs periodically send proactive registration
messages that contain the IP addresses of NEs to the NCE server. With proactive
registration management, NCE can bulk create these NEs after receiving the
messages.
l Automatically discovering NEs: NEs can be automatically discovered and created on
NCE and NE configuration data can be uploaded automatically to NCE.
NOTE

NCE provides a secure channel for discovering NEs. The channel supports the following NE versions:
l V600R009C00 and later versions of PTN 6900, NE series, and CX series NEs
l V100R007C00 and later versions of PTN series NEs (excluding PTN 7900)
l V100R005C00 and later versions of RTN 300 series NEs, V100R008C00 and later versions of RTN
900 series NEs
l Scheduling NE searches: NCE can search for specified NE types in specified network
segments at scheduled intervals and automatically add discovered NEs to the topology
view. The NE types include routers, switches, and security and access NEs.

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l Automatically creating fibers/cables/microwave links or links: NCE can search for new
fibers/cables/microwave links and links in batches and automatically add them to the
topology view.

Clock View and Its Functions

In the clock view, users can perform the following operations: set NE clocks, query the
network-wide clock synchronization status, search for clock tracing relationships, synchronize
with the physical view, view the master clock ID, query clock attributes, and view the clock
lock status. NCE supports passive optical network (PON) clock, physical layer clock, PTP
clock, ACR clock and ATR clock. In the clock view, a variety of NEs can be displayed, such
as MSTP series, NG WDM series, RTN series, OLT series, ONU series, MxU series, PTN
series, NE40E routers, ATN series and CX600 NEs.

Figure 7-12 Clock view and its functions

Discovering the clock Viewing the clock topology: Configuring clocks:

topology automatically: When NCE has In the clock configuration
NCE can search for clock automatically discovered the window of the NE Explorer,
links between all NEs by clock topology, users can users can configure NE
NE or by clock link type on view clock tracing clocks, including PON
the entire network to display relationships on the entire clock, physical layer clock,
their clock tracing network. To adjust the clock PTP clock, ACR clock, ATR
relationships. When the topology, users can clock, and PON clock. The
clock source traced by NEs manually create and delete clock configuration function
has changed, users need to topological nodes and links. varies depending on the NE
re-search for the clock type.
tracing relationship.

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Monitoring the change of Switching clocks manually: Synchronizing with the

clocks: Users can select a clock link physical view:
When an NE or a link fails and set its clock tracing Users can synchronize the
or a switch of clock sources relationship as the current coordinate positions of NEs
occurs in a network, NCE clock tracing relationships and subnets in the clock
automatically updates the of the NE. view with the corresponding
clock tracing relationships coordinate positions in the
and the clock physical view. In addition,
synchronization status in the the subnets that have clock
topology view. The clock NEs are also synchronized
alarms generated on the NE from the physical view to
where a clock change occurs the clock view. The empty
help users locate the fault. subnets in the clock view
are deleted.

Querying clock attributes: Querying the clock status: Querying clock loops:
Users can query the type, Users can query specific Users can query clock loops
hop count, and port name configurations of the clock for network-wide clock
for clocks traced by the NE. This facilitates tracing relationships. If there
current NE, and view the troubleshooting when the are clock loops, users can
compensation value for NE is abnormal. double-click a record in the
clocks traced by the port. query result list to locate
related NEs in the clock
view. This enables users to
modify incorrect clock
configurations on NEs.

Redirecting to the physical Redirecting to the clock Viewing master clock ID:
view: view: When users hover the
Users can be redirected from Users can be redirected to pointer over a clock NE
the clock view to the the corresponding subnet in where clock tracing
corresponding subnet in the the clock view. If the subnet relationships exist, a tooltip
physical view. If the subnet does not exist in the clock pops up, displaying the NE's
does not exist in the view, the root node will be clock mode, master clock
physical view, the root node displayed. ID, port status, and other
will be displayed. information.

Viewing the cable Querying clock- Browsing real-time or

transmission warp report: unsynchronized/unlocked historical clock
NCE allows users to query NEs: performance:
cable transmission warp Users can search for clock Users can query clock
values for PTP clock links NEs in the unsynchronized performance status in the
between NEs. Users can or unlocked state. Such NEs performance monitoring
easily find the sites with are listed in the lower pane. window displayed.
large warp values and In this list, users can select
perform measurement only desired NEs and export their
for these sites. data.

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The clock view can display Querying clock tracing Exporting NE clock
NEs copied in the physical trails: information:
root view and their clock NCE highlights the current Users can export the clock
tracing relationships. Copied clock tracing trails of clock information about one or all
NEs own the same clock NEs. When a fault occurs, NEs to a specified directory.
tracing relationships as the users do not need to draw
source NE. the clock tracing trails
between NEs manually. This
improves fault diagnosis
efficiency.

Custom View
The custom view is a subset of the main topology view. The network entities can be NEs,
NCEs, and subnets. Typically, network management personnel need to customize views, and
choose network entities within their management scope from the main topology view.

Figure 7-13 Custom View

7.2.1.2 DCN Management

NCE communicates with NEs and manages and maintains network nodes through a DCN.

In a DCN, both NCE and NEs are considered as nodes. These nodes are connected to each
other through Ethernet or data communications channels (DCCs). The DCN between NCE
and the managed network is usually divided into two parts:

l DCN between the NCE server and NEs: Usually, a LAN or WAN is adopted for DCN
communication between the NCE server and NEs. In an actual network, the NCE server
and NEs may be located on different floors of the same building, in different buildings,
or in different cities. Therefore, NCE usually communicates with NEs through an
external DCN that consists of equipment such as switches and routers. The DCN is
referred to as an external DCN.

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l DCN between NEs: NEs can communicate with the U2000 in inband networking mode
or outband networking mode. As the DCN between the NCE server and NEs is external,
the DCN between NEs is referred to as an internal DCN.

Huawei's NEs support DCN networking through the following communication protocols:

l HWECC. Data transmitted in the DCC is encapsulated through HWECC. HWECC is a

private communication protocol developed by Huawei for DCN networking of
transmission NEs.
l TCP/IP (IP over DCC). Data transmitted in the DCC is encapsulated through
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
l OSI (OSI over DCC). Data transmitted in the DCC is encapsulated through Open
Systems Interconnection (OSI).
NOTE

l All of Huawei's transmission NEs support HWECC, and the physical transmission channels support
D1 to D3 bytes by default. If the NE ID is set, ECC communication can be conducted by only
inserting optical fibers. Because HWECC is a proprietary protocol, it cannot meet the requirement
for managing the network consisting of devices from different vendors.
l IP and OSI are standard communication protocols, which enable the management of hybrid device
networking. In addition, these two standard protocols can be adopted on networks consisting of only
Huawei's transmission devices. In the case of a hybrid network consisting of transmission NEs from
different vendors that do not support IP or OSI, Huawei provides solutions such as transparent
transmission of DCC bytes and Ethernet service channels' transparent transmission of management
information.

DCN functions supported by NCE (Transport Domain)

NCE provides DCN management functions for MSTP, WDM, microwave, submarine, and
PTN products, which include:
l Modify gateway NE (GNE) parameters.
l Change the GNE of a non-GNE.
l Set a secondary GNE for a non-GNE.
l Convert a GNE to a non-GNE.
l Convert a non-GNE to a GNE.
l Check the GNE switching status.
l Test the communication between NCE and a GNE.
l Check the network communication status.

In addition, the DCC view is provided to display the DCC network in a topology where
relationships between NEs are intuitively shown. The DCC view offers the following DCN
management functions:
l Check the communication status and relationships between NEs based on the status of
DCC links and DCC subnets
l Synchronize data from the main topology to the DCC view, including the network-wide
DCC data and DCC subnet data
l Save the DCC view at a time point as a snapshot to facilitate maintenance and
troubleshooting
l Switch to the DCN Management window of NE Explorer for setting the DCN attributes
of NEs

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l GUI-based troubleshooting functions

– Ping function to test the connection status between an NE and its GNE
– Trace route function to test the route connection status of the DCC channel
between two NEs
– Test Reachable NEs function to test reachable NEs for an NE whose
communication with others is unstable (In the scenarios of DCC storms, users can
perform this test to find out two NEs that should not have communication and then
locate faults using a traceroute test.)
– ECC Fault Recovery Wizard that provides troubleshooting suggestions on
embedded control channel (ECC) storms and rapid connection reset to improve
fault rectification efficiency

DCN functions supported by NCE (IP Domain)

The following DCN management functions are provided for ATN and CX series NEs:
l Automatically add non-gateway NEs to NCE in batches. Users do not need to plan data
before ATN series NEs are powered on and added to NCE for management.
l Show the running status and connection status of NEs in the DCN view.

7.2.1.3 Performance Management

The performance of a network may deteriorate because of internal or external factors and
faults may occur. To achieve good network performance for live networks and future
networks while controlling costs, network planning and monitoring are necessary. In addition,
network efficiency needs to be measured in terms of the throughput rate, resource usage, and
error rate. Performance management enables users to detect the deteriorating tendency in
advance and solve the potential threats so that faults can be prevented. In addition, high-
precision (10-6) performance measurement based on service packets is implemented to collect
performance indicators, including the packet loss rate, delay, and jitter.
NCE provides a GUI for monitoring key network indicators and display statistics about
collected performance data.

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Figure 7-14 Performance management process

NCE provides performance monitoring functions at both the NE and network levels. This
function is applicable to access NEs, router/switch NEs and transport NEs. When a
performance instance is created, NCE can collect performance data from NEs at specified
intervals.
l Monitoring NE performance. This function supports the following NE-level
performance indicators:
– CPU usage
– Memory usage
– Hard disk usage
l Monitoring network traffic. This function is used to collect traffic statistics of network
ports, including:
– Inbound traffic
– Outbound traffic
– Packet error rate
l Monitoring SLA data. This function supports multiple types of SLA data, including:
– Delay, jitter, and loss rate of ICMP, TCP, UDP, and SNMP packets
– Connection delay and download speed of Internet services such as HTTP and FTP
l Collecting interface-based traffic and performance indicators. This function supports
interface-based traffic in BGP/MPLS VPN, VPLS, and PWE3 services, and performance
indicators such as delay, packet loss rate, and jitter in BGP/MPLS VPN SLA service.
Performance indicators vary depending on the NE type.
l Setting performance thresholds. This function allows users to set thresholds for
specific performance indicators. NCE also provides default global settings for batch
configuration. The following thresholds can be set:

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– Upper and lower thresholds

– Alarm thresholds
l Maintaining data. With this function, users can:
– Save performance data
– Dump performance data
– Regularly compress performance data

Performance Data Collection

NCE supports the following performance collection modes:

l Collection based on SNMP, which is used for most IP and access equipment.
NOTE

l NEs must respond to collection requests sent from NCE in 0.05s. Otherwise, the actual performance
collection capability compromises.
l The performance collection capability listed in the preceding table is based on SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2c. The SNMPv3-based performance collection capability achieves only two thirds. For
example, on a large-scale network, the performance collection capability for SNMPv1 and
SNMPv2c is 150,000, and for SNMPv3 is 100,000 when max/min data aggregation is disabled.
l Bulk collection based on a file transfer protocol, which is usually used for large-capacity
performance management.
l Collection based on Qx, a protocol developed by Huawei, which can be used for MSTP,
WDM, RTN, PTN, and OTN equipment.

Table 7-11 describes the performance collection capabilities.

Table 7-11 Performance collection capabilities

Network Scale SNMP SNMP Bulk Qx

Performance Performance Performance Performance
Collection Collection Collection Collection
Capability Capability Capability Capability
with with (Unit: Max (Unit: Max
Max/Min Max/Min Equivalent Equivalent
Data Data Records/15 Records/15
Aggregation Aggregation Minutes) Minutes,
Disabled Enabled NCE Polling
(Unit: Max (Unit: Max Period: 30
Equivalent Equivalent Minutes)
Records/15 Records/15
Minutes) Minutes)

Small-scale 5,000 3,000 l IP 5000

network with less equipment:
than 500 16,000
equivalent NEs l Access
equipment:
66,000

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Network Scale SNMP SNMP Bulk Qx

Performance Performance Performance Performance
Collection Collection Collection Collection
Capability Capability Capability Capability
with with (Unit: Max (Unit: Max
Max/Min Max/Min Equivalent Equivalent
Data Data Records/15 Records/15
Aggregation Aggregation Minutes) Minutes,
Disabled Enabled NCE Polling
(Unit: Max (Unit: Max Period: 30
Equivalent Equivalent Minutes)
Records/15 Records/15
Minutes) Minutes)

Common-scale 20,000 13,000 l IP 20,000

network with 500 equipment:
to 2,000 equivalent 66,000
NEs l Access
equipment:
266000

Medium-scale 60,000 40,000 l IP 40,000

network with equipment:
2,000 to 6,000 200,000
equivalent NEs l Access
equipment:
800,000

Large-scale 150,000 100,000 l IP 80,000

network with equipment:
6,000 to 15,000 500,000
equivalent NEs l Access
equipment:
2,000,000

Super-large-scale 150,000 100,000 l IP 100,000

network: equipment:
15,000-30,000 500,000
equivalent NEs l Access
equipment:
2,000,000

NOTE

An equivalent record is a basic unit to describe the performance collection capability of the PMS.

Performance Monitoring Policy

l Customize the performance threshold template. Specifically, users can customize a
maximum of 16 performance threshold templates in addition to the default template.
l Select the performance threshold template for an NE and set the performance thresholds.

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l Customize the RMON performance attribute template.

l Set the performance thresholds for a specified board.
l Set the start and end time for monitoring NE performance.
l Set whether to prompt unavailable time and threshold-crossing events in a timely
manner.
l Set the start and end time for monitoring Ethernet performance.
l Set the monitoring status of Ethernet performance events.
l Set the ATM performance monitoring time.
l Set the ATM performance monitoring period.
l Set the monitoring status of ATM performance events.
l Set real-time ATM performance monitoring.
l Set performance thresholds by ports or channels.

SDH Performance Monitoring

l View the SDH current 15-minute and 24-hour performance data, historical 15-minute
and 24-hour performance data, unavailable time, and 15-minute and 24-hour threshold-
crossing events.
l Monitor the performance of ATM ports in real time, and view the historical performance
data of ATM ports.
l Monitor the performance of ATM VPs and VCs in real time, and view the historical
performance data of ATM VPs and VCs.
l Monitor the performance of Ethernet ports in real time, and view the historical
performance data of Ethernet ports.
l View the Ethernet performance data in charts or tables.
l Monitor the Ethernet RMON performance.
l Manage lower-order performance of boards.

WDM Performance Monitoring

l View the WDM current 15-minute and 24-hour performance data, historical 15-minute
and 24-hour performance data, unavailable time, and 15-minute and 24-hour threshold-
crossing events.
l Monitor the performance of Ethernet ports in real time, and view the historical
performance data of Ethernet ports.
l View the Ethernet performance data in charts or tables.
l Monitor the Ethernet RMON performance.

RTN Performance Monitoring

l View the RTN current 15-minute and 24-hour performance data, historical 15-minute
and 24-hour performance data, unavailable time, and 15-minute and 24-hour threshold-
crossing events.
l Monitor the performance of Ethernet ports in real time, and view the historical
performance data of Ethernet ports.
l View the Ethernet performance data in tables.

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l Monitor the Ethernet RMON performance.

PTN Performance Monitoring

l View the performance of a specified Ethernet service.
l View the performance of a specified pseudo wire (PW).
l View the performance of a specified ML PPP.
l View the performance of a specified tunnel.
l View the performance of a specified circuit emulation service (CES).
l View specified quality of service (QoS) indicators.
l View the performance of specified PW OAM.
l View the performance of specified MPLS OAM.
l View the performance of specified Ethernet OAM.
l View the performance of a specified ATM PWE3 service.
l View the performance of a specified Layer 2 virtual private network (L2VPN) service.
l View the performance of a specified ATM IMA service.
l View the performance of a specified SDH-like service.
l View the performance of a specified regenerator section, multiplex section, and higher-
order channel.
l View the performance of a specified lower-order channel.
l View the performance of a specified E1.
l View the performance of a specified laser.
l View the performance of a specified management layer.
l Monitor the Ethernet RMON performance.
l Reset the performance register on a board.

Performance Data Dumping

The storage duration of performance data varies depending on the collection period. If the
collection period is 5 minutes, 10 minutes, or 30 minutes, performance data generated only in
the last day is saved by default. If the collection period is 1 hour or 1 day, performance data
generated only in the last 8 days or 30 days is saved by default.
You can save performance data to a file automatically or manually.
For manual dumping, the conditions for an immediate dump must be set.
For automatic dumping, the following items must be set:
l Conditions for overflow dumping
l Conditions for periodic dumping
l Directory of dump files

Performance Data Analysis

l Analyze historical performance data.
l Forecast long-term and medium-term performance according to the empirical formula
created based on the historical performance data of optical transceivers.

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– If the performance indicator value is available, the time for generating the value and
the deviation range can be calculated.
– If the time is available, the performance indicator value at that time and the
deviation range can be calculated.

Performance Register Resetting

Board, ATM, and Ethernet performance registers can be reset.

Performance Monitoring Template Management

A performance monitoring template contains a collection of performance indicators that are
classified into various indicator groups. Users can manage a performance monitoring task
easily by setting such a template.
There are different types of performance monitoring templates. Some may contain indicators
and indicator groups of network resources, while others may contain both indicators and
indicator thresholds.

SLA Template
This function enables users to configure SLA parameters in a template. This saves operation
time for configuring SLA parameters when creating an instance.

Monitoring Instance Management

A monitoring instance consists of monitored resources and the monitoring template. By
creating an instance, users can collect data of certain resource performance indicators. A
template can contain multiple indicator groups. Figure 7-15 shows the relationship between
templates, instances, indicator groups, and equivalent records.

NOTE

l Resource: A model of telecom resource such as device, card, port, or link in the performance
management ___domain. A resource can be either a physical or logical entity. Logical resources contain
physical resources. A resource has specific performance indicators. A performance monitoring
system collects indicator values for resources.
l Template: A collection of indicators classified into indicator groups. Users can configure templates
to manage performance monitoring tasks easily.
l Indicator group: An indicator group consists of one or more indicators with similar properties.
l Indicator: A performance indicator defines a specific aspect of performance of the associated
resource, for example, traffic, availability, and CPU usage. Performance indicator values are
calculated based on the performance data collected from the monitored resource. A performance
indicator has properties, such as the data type, precision value (only for float), maximum value, and
minimum value.

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Figure 7-15 Relationships between a resource, a template, and an instance

Monitoring instances enable users to collect performance data for resources of specified
equipment according to a preset monitoring template and scheduling policy. One monitoring
instance collects data for only one resource. Users can perform the following operations on
NCE:

l Create monitoring instances for the IP SLA from resources such as NEs, boards, ports,
and links to PTN and third-party equipment.
l Modify monitoring instances.
l Query monitoring instances.
l Delete monitoring instances.
l Suspend monitoring instances.
l Resume monitoring instances.
l Synchronize resources corresponding to monitoring instances.
l Query thresholds.
l Query the VPN SLA test result.
l Control the number of monitoring instances that can be created using a license.
l Export instance information.

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l Collect statistics about instances.

l Display KPIs.

Scheduled Task
A schedule task specifies the time range and period for collecting performance data. Users can
configure a scheduling policy for resources when creating or modifying a monitoring
instance.

Historical Performance Data

Users can collect network performance data within a specified period and save the data in
multiple formats. Historical performance data provides reference for predicting changes in
network performance.
NCE can query performance data by parameters such as the NE name, time, and performance
data type. Currently, 5-minute, 10-minute, 15-minute, 30-minute, 1-hour and 1-day historical
performance data can be queried. Users can view the historical performance data of a network
in a line chart, bar chart, or table, and save the performance data in formats of CSV, HTML,
PDF, TXT, XML, and PNG. For example, if performance data is saved in CSV format, the
result will be similar to Figure 7-16.

Figure 7-16 Save result

In addition, users can compare performance data in different periods in a line chart or bar
chart or compare the indicators of different resources in a chart.
Users can choose whether to view historical performance of a resource in one chart or
multiple charts.

Real-Time Performance Data

Users can view real-time performance data in a table, line chart, or bar chart, and save
performance data in file formats of CSV, HTML, PDF, TXT, and XML.
Users can also set the default display mode as line chart, bar chart, or table.

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Data Lifecycle Management

Users can back up performance data to a specified storage medium manually or automatically
when excessive performance data is saved in the database of NCE.
Data can be dumped in the following two ways:
l Automatic dumping: Performance data is dumped automatically based on preset
parameters, such as period (number of days) and database usage.
l Manual dumping: Performance data is dumped based on user-defined conditions, such as
file type.

Network Performance Monitoring

Users can view the performance data of NEs, interfaces, IP links, L2 links, static, tunnels,
dynamic tunnels, and test cases on the same network by network group. In addition, users can
perform various tests on a network, such as UDP jitter test and FTP ping test, to evaluate the
quality of networks and services and analyze the correlation between the quality of networks
and services.
l Create a network group.
Users can group the monitoring instances of resources of different types on the same
network according to customized rules, such as an area-based rule or service-based rule.
This facilitates performance data browsing and comparison.
l Analyze interface performance trends.
When network interface indicators are set, a performance trend graph of the current time
or of the past 12 hours can be generated. The graph helps users understand the general
interface performance trend.
l View the results of network monitoring instances.
Users can view the results of network monitoring instances to obtain information about
network-related indicators, evaluate network performance, and analyze the correlation
between indicators and network performance.

TCA Threshold Setting

NCE allows users to set thresholds for performance indicators using a threshold crossing alert
(TCA) monitoring template and then use the template to monitor TCAs for resources. NCE
generates a TCA when the performance indicator value exceeds the defined threshold in the
TCA monitoring template.

Database Size Calculator

NCE can calculate the required database space based on the number of collection instances
(number of interface resources), collection period, lifecycle and the number of indicators of
each instance. In addition, NCE can calculate the performance data lifecycle based on the
number of collection instances (number of interface resources), collection period, number of
indicators of each instance, and available database space.

7.2.1.4 Inventory Management

NCE provides the functions of collecting, querying, printing, and exporting network-wide
physical resources (including virtual NEs and third-party NEs) and service resources. The

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resources can be exported to XLS, XLSX, TXT, HTML, or CSV files in a unified manner.
This helps users obtain resource information on the entire network in a convenient, quick, and
accurate manner to support service planning, routine maintenance, NE warranty, and network
reconstruction.

l Physical resources (such as equipment rooms, NEs, ports, optical/electrical modules, and
passive devices) and logical resources on the entire network can be managed or
maintained in unified and hierarchical mode. You can easily query and export various
types of resources of multi-layer attributes. You can also customize filter criteria to query
data on the live network, which improves resource maintenance efficiency.

l You can customize categories to make statistics of physical resources from multiple
aspects, and export inventory reports for equipment rooms, racks, subracks, NEs, boards,
subboards, ports, optical/electrical modules, slot usage and ONUs. This helps you learn
various types of resources on the entire network, provides reference for E2E operation
and maintenance, and improves resource usage.

You can customize categories to query network-wide resources from multiple aspects in
unified mode and make statistics for the resources. This provides reference for E2E operation
and maintenance.
l Business planning: You can make statistics for the NEs, used slots, ports, and optical
modules to learn the online NEs, slot usage, idle ports, optical splitting, and remaining
bandwidth.
l Routine maintenance: You can query racks, NEs, boards, and ports to learn the running
status of the rack power supply and NEs, software version of NEs and boards, service
configurations, and port rate.

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l NE warranty: You can query NEs and boards to learn the NEs created in the specified
time, or hardware and software versions of boards.
l Network reconstruction: You can make statistics for NEs by customizing categories to
learn the NE types, quantities, and positions.
The following table provides the functions of each type of physical and logical resources,
inventory query results, and categories supported by the inventory reports.

Table 7-12 Inventory function and resource query and report statistics
Category Resource Function Queried or Default
Exported Statistics
Inventory Categories of
Information the Inventory
Report

Physical Telecommun Creates, Telecommunicat Station, Country

resources ications modifies, and ions Room +Province+City,
Room deletes an Name, Station, Country
equipment room, Country, +Province+City
installs or Province, City, +Room Number,
uninstalls a rack Location, Room and Cabling
or an NCE server, Number, Mode
sets user labels, Cabling Mode,
and queries, Antistatic Floor,
exports, or makes Thickness of the
statistics of Antistatic Floor
equipment room (mm), Remark,
information. and Customized
Column.

Rack Creates, Rack Name, Rack Type,

modifies, and Telecommunicat Height, Width,
deletes a rack, ions Room, Depth, Height
installs or Rack Type, +Width+Depth,
uninstalls a Number of Power Box
subrack, set user Shelves, Height Type, and
labels, and (mm), Width Voltage
queries, exports, (mm), Depth
or makes (mm), Power
statistics of rack Box Type,
information. Voltage (V),
Number of
Batteries,
Internal Battery,
Internal Power
Supply, Internal
MDF, Internal
Transmission,
Remark, and
Customized
Column.

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Category Resource Function Queried or Default

Exported Statistics
Inventory Categories of
Information the Inventory
Report

Subrack Sets user labels Subrack Name, Subrack Type,

and subrack Subrack Type, Telecommunicat
attributes, queries NE, NE ID, ions Room,
and exports Subrack ID, Rack and NE
subrack Software Type
information, and Version, SN(Bar
makes statistics Code), Alias,
of subracks by Subrack Status,
NE or subnet. PN(BOM Code/
Item),
Description,
Manufacture
Date,
Telecommunicat
ions Room,
Rack, Subrack
No., Subnet,
Subnet Path,
Equipment No.,
Remark, and
Customized
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Category Resource Function Queried or Default

Exported Statistics
Inventory Categories of
Information the Inventory
Report

NE Sets user labels, NE Name, NE l NE

queries and Type, NE IP categories
exports NE Address, NE that support
information, MAC Address, statistics: NE
makes statistics NE ID, Software Type,
of NEs by NE or Version, Software
subnet, and Physical Version, and
makes statistics Location, Create NE Type
of equivalent Time, Fiber/ +Software
NEs. Cable Count, Version.
Run Status, l Equivalent
Subnet, Subnet NE
Path, Alias, categories
Remark, Patch that support
Version List, statistics: NE
Customized Subtype
Column, LSR
ID, Maintenance
Status, Gateway
Type, Gateway,
Optical NE,
Subrack Type,
Conference Call,
Orderwire
Phone, and NE
Subtype.

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Exported Statistics
Inventory Categories of
Information the Inventory
Report

Board Sets user labels, Board Name, Board Type,

queries and Board Type, NE, Board Type
exports board NE Type, +Hardware
information, and Subrack ID, Slot Version, and
makes statistics ID, Hardware Board Type
of boards by NE Version, +Software
or subnet. Software Version
Version, SN(Bar
Code), Alias,
Remark,
Customized
Column,
Subrack Type,
NE ID, Model,
Rev(Issue
Number), BIOS
Version, FPGA
Version, Board
Status, PN(BOM
Code/Item),
Management,
Produce Date,
Manufacture
Date, and Create
Time.

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Exported Statistics
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Information the Inventory
Report

Subboard Sets user labels, Subboard Name, Subboard Type,

and queries, Subboard Type, Subboard Type
exports, or makes Subrack ID, Slot +Hardware
statistics of Number, Subslot Version, and
subboard Number, Subboard Type
information. Subboard Status, +Software
NE, Hardware Version
Version,
Software
Version, SN(Bar
Code), Alias,
Subboard
Description,
Remark,
Customized
Column,
PN(BOM Code/
Item), Subboard
Manufacture
Date, Model and
Rev(Issue
Number).

Port Sets user labels, NE Name, NE Port Type

and queries, Type, Shelf No.,
exports, or makes Slot No.,
statistics of port SubSlot No.,
information. Port No., Port
Name, Port
Type, Port Rate
(bit/s), Port
Level,
Management,
Alias, Remark,
and Customized
Column.

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Information the Inventory
Report

Optical/ Sets user labels l SFP Wave Length

Electrical for the optical/ Information: (nm), NE Name
Module electrical module, Port, SFP +Wave Length
and queries, Type, Fiber/ (nm)
exports, or makes Cable Type,
statistics of Logical
optical/electrical Type,
module Physical
information. Type,
SN(Bar
Code), CLEI
Code,
PN(BOM
Code/Item),
Model,
Rev(Issue
Number),
Manufacturer
, Date of
Manufacture,
User Label,
Description,
and User-
defined Info.
l Router and
Switch
Optical/
Electrical
Module:
Serial No.,
Optical/
Electrical
Type, NE
Name, Port
Name, Port
Description,
Port Type,
Receive
Optical
Power
(dBm),
Reference
Receive
Optical
Power
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Report

Reference
Receive
Time,
Receive
Status, Upper
Threshold for
Receive
Optical
Power
(dBm),
Lower
Threshold for
Receive
Optical
Power
(dBm),
Transmit
Optical
Power
(dBm),
Reference
Transmit
Optical
Power
(dBm),
Reference
Transmit
Time,
Transmit
Status, Upper
Threshold for
Transmit
Optical
Power
(dBm),
Lower
Threshold for
Transmit
Optical
Power
(dBm),
SingleMode/
MultiMode,
Speed
(Mbit/s),
Wave Length

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Information the Inventory
Report

(nm),
Transmission
Distance (m),
Fiber Type,
Manufacturer
, Optical
Mode
Authenticatio
n, Port
Remark, Port
Custom
Column,
OpticalDirect
ion Type,
Vender PN,
Model,
Rev(Issue
Number).

Slot Used Makes statistics NE Name, NE NE Type, NE

Statistics of total slots and Type, Total Slot
used slots by NE Count, Used
type and NE, so Slot Count,
that you can Vacant Slot
determine the Count, Slot
board capacity Usage %.
and future
expansion.

ONU Makes statistics Terminal Type, Terminal Type

of all types of ONU Version, +ONU Version
ONUs on the Amount, Type +Type (EPON/
entire network, (EPON/GPON). GPON)
subnet, or OLT,
or by NE type.
This is supported
only by NCE
(Access
Domain).

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Exported Statistics
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Information the Inventory
Report

CMC Queries CMC Frame ID, CMC -

information on Name, Alias,
the entire OLT Name,
network or of an Extending Port,
OLT. This is Type, Status,
supported only Networking
by NCE (Access Mode, ONT ID,
Domain). SN, Hardware
Capability, CMC
IP, OLT IP, and
Note.

BITS NTP Queries NTP NE Name, IP -

client information Address, IP
of the BITS on Address of NTP
the entire Client, Time
network to learn Deviation
NEs that use the Threshold,
BITS as the clock Monitored,
source and the Responded
time offset
between the NEs
and the BITS.
This is supported
only by NCE
(Access
Domain).

Passive Makes statistics NE, Serial -

Origin of dispersion Number, DCM
Component compensation Name, BOM,
module (DCM) Barcode,
information to Compensation
manage DCM Distance(km),
passive devices. IN Port, OUT
This is supported Port, Location,
only by NCE Vendor,
(Transport Description,
Domain). Remark

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Exported Statistics
Inventory Categories of
Information the Inventory
Report

Fiber/Cable/ Creates fibers/ Name, Level/ -

Microwave cables in batches, Capacity, Rate
Link imports links, (bit/s), Up and
queries and down Rate Ratio
exports fibers/ (TX:RX),
cables/ Direction,
microwave links, Source NE,
queries optical Source Port,
power, and Sink NE, Sink
queries alarms Port, Length
for fibers/cables/ (km), Designed
microwave links. Loss(EOL) (dB),
Fiber/Cable
Type, Medium
Type, Created
on, Creator,
Maintainer,
Remarks, Alarm
Severity,
Disabled Status,
Alarm
Generation
Time, Maintain
State and Delay
Time (us).

Logical Fiber/Cable Adds multiple Pipe Name, Pipe -

resources Pipe fibers and cables Memo, Creation
to a pipe for Time, Creator,
management. Fiber Count
Fiber/cable pipe
management is
supported when
the platinum
service is used.
Pipe management
involves creating,
deleting, or
querying a fiber/
cable pipe, and
adding or
removing fibers
and cables to or
from a fiber/cable
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Exported Statistics
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Information the Inventory
Report

Link Manages and Alarm Severity, -

maintains virtual Link Name,
links, Layer 2 Link Type,
links, and IP Network
links, involving Protocol Type,
creating a link, Source NE,
adding a link to a Source IP,
link group, and Source Port,
viewing links and Source Port IP,
link alarms. Source Port
Alias, Sink NE,
Sink IP, Sink
Port, Sink Port
IP, Sink Port
Alias, Link
Level, Link Rate
(bit/s),
Remaining
Upstream
Bandwidth
(Kbit/s),
Remaining
Downstream
Bandwidth
(Kbit/s), Build
Time, Remarks,
User Label,
Owner, weight.

Electronic The electronic - -

Labels labels of NEs and
boards can be
exported from
NCE and saved
as a specified
type of file. The
electronic labels
help maintenance
engineers
maintain,
manage, and
trace network
inventory
information and
collect statistics
about other
systems.

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7.2.1.5 Customized O&M Using iSStar

iSStar is a script-based secondary development platform. It helps achieve fast batch
operations on network-wide NEs and customize report formats.

Application Scenarios
In conventional network O&M modes, customers have increasing requirements on batch data
query and configuration. Script compiling and maintenance functions provided by iSStar are
suitable for customers with batch operations and customization requirements. In addition, the
authorization function is also provided to ensure operation security. By using the database
operation functions, users can query information, including NE inventory, links, and service
information, in the database conveniently. In addition, users can export the obtained
information in the form of files with user-defined file name extension to learn the queried
details. NCE also supports automatic script execution as scheduled and allows users to set the
script execution time and frequency as required, automating routine maintenance.

Solution Overview
Being an enhanced tool component of NCE, iSStar is a powerful script secondary
development platform. iSStar provides an easy-to-learn programmable script language High-
Level Script Language (HSL), powerful High-level Foundation Classes (HFC), and an
integrated development environment for editing, debugging, and executing the HSL scripts.
Users can create an HSL script for the repetitive and effort-consuming daily maintenance. In
this way, daily maintenance can be performed automatically. This reduces workload and
improves work efficiency.

Basic Functions
iSStar provides the following functions:
l HSL language: The HSL is an easy-to-learn and powerful script language provided by
iSStar. The HSL provides simple and efficient syntax, abundant data types, and efficient
and extendable library functions.
l Script management: iSStar helps users operate script files, and edit and commission
scripts.
l Script task management: When a user executes a script file, script project, or script
application to implement a specific service function, iSStar creates a task. The user can
view the basic information and execution of all the tasks in the iSStar Task
Management Window and manage the execution of the tasks.
l Report export: iSStar allows a user to compile tasks into scripts for execution and
automatically exports results as XLS reports. In addition, iSStar provides a centralized
task management interface for the user to set scheduled tasks and set the script execution
time and frequency so that the tasks can be executed periodically.

7.2.1.6 NE Software Management

NE Software Management is used to manage NE data and upgrade or downgrade NE
software. Managing NE data includes data saving and backup as well as policy management.
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management, and software library management. For security purposes, users are advised to
use SFTP as the transfer protocol between NCE and NEs.

The main function is listed as followings.

l Saving: After the configuration is complete, the configuration data is saved in the
memory or hard disks of NEs so that the data will not be lost during restart. NCE saves
data in the following ways:
– Manually performing the save operation
– Automatically performing the save task
– Automatically performing the save policy
l Backup: Backs up NE data (such as configuration data or databases) to storage devices
other than NEs. The backup data is used for restoring NE data. If NCE has the
permissions to manage the NE and the loading, backup, or restoration operation is not
being performed on the NE, the NE will accept the request to back up the data. NCE then
transmits the contents to be backed up to the specified backup directory on the server by
using the transfer protocol. The backup data can also be backed up to the client, or to a
third-part server. The allowed size of backup files depends on the space size of the disk
where the backup directory is located. NCE backs up data in the following ways:
– Manually performing the backup operation
– Automatically performing the backup task
– Automatically performing the backup policy
l Policy management: Setting policies in advance enables NCE to perform operations on
NEs periodically or when trigger conditions are met. This is applicable to routine NE
maintenance. A policy is periodic and is used for operations that are performed
frequently, such as data saving and data backup. Users can select a policy based on the
scenarios at the sites.
l Loading: Software is loaded for NE upgrade. If NCE has the permissions to manage NE
upgrade and the loading, backup, or restoration operation is not being performed on the
NE, the NE will accept the request to load the software. NCE then transmits the contents
to be loaded to the NE by using the transfer protocol. NCE loads data in the following
ways:
– Automatically loading by creating a task
– Automatically loading through an automatic upgrade task
l Activating: A newly loaded NE can be activated to take effect. If NCE has the
permissions to manage NE upgrade and the loading, backup, or restoration operation is
not being performed on the NE, the NE will accept the request to be activated NCE
activates the NE automatically through an automatic upgrade task.
l Restoration: An NE can be restored using the backup NE data. If NCE has the
permissions to manage NE upgrade and the loading, backup, or restoration operation is
not being performed on the NE, the NE will accept the request to restore the NE data.
NCE then transmits the contents to be restored to the NE by using the transfer protocol.
NCE restores data in the following ways:
– Manually performing the restoration operation
– Automatically performing the restoration task
l Task management: NCE encapsulates all operations into tasks. By creating an upgrade
task or a downgrade task for software or a patch, users can upgrade or downgrade the
software or patch in one-click mode or at the scheduled time. A task is not periodic and

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is used for operations that are not performed frequently, such as data upgrading. Users
can select a task based on the scenarios at the sites.
l Software library management: The software used for NE upgrade can be managed in a
centralized manner. For example, users can upload NE software from the NCE client or
NCE server to the software library. In this manner, the process of loading software is
simple and fast.
l NE license management: NE license management involves querying, applying for,
installing, and changing an NE License. In addition, you can adjust the capacities defined
in the license. The license controls the validity period or functions of an NE. Therefore,
users need to view the license status and change the expired license. Otherwise, services
will be affected.

7.2.2 Transport Network Management

Transport NEs
NCE supports the following series of transport NEs: SDH, RTN, WDM, submarine, SDH
ASON, and WDM ASON.

Easy MSTP O&M

l Packet O&M: Service configuration, installation and commissioning, routine
maintenance, fault diagnosis, and visualized O&M are supported.

l 2M ASON service: Multiple 2M services share one VC4 channel.

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l 40G board: Boards can be expanded to 40G without interrupting services, thereby
improving the utilization of physical bandwidths.

Intelligent OTN O&M

l MS-OTN service provisioning: Optical, electrical, and packet services can be
provisioned on the same page in mere three steps.

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l OTN board replacement: OTN boards can be securely and quickly adjusted or added
through a wizard.

l Optical doctor (OD) solution: This solution combines software and hardware to support
online OSNR monitoring, performance monitoring, and performance optimization for
10G, 40G, and 100G wavelengths. This solution significantly improves optical-layer
maintenance capabilities.

Mobile RTN O&M

l Meter-free testing: Meters are no longer required for frequency scanning, software
commissioning, or remote acceptance. These operations can be completed through
software, which reduces costs and improves device deployment efficiency. In addition, a
remote acceptance test report can be generated out of the test results in a one-click
manner, eliminating the need for manual recording.

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l Hop management: The source and sink NEs of a microwave link can be configured on
the same page, and key parameters are associated between them, improving microwave
link configuration efficiency.

l E2E service provisioning: E2E services are supported, including TDM, EoS, E-Line, E-
LAN, E-Line_E-LAN, and PWE3 services and tunnels. They can be uniformly created
and managed. In addition, E2E service templates are provided.

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7.2.3 Access Network Management

Access NEs
NCE supports the following series of access NEs: FTTx, D-CCAP, DSLAM, MSAN, BITS,
EDFA, and RPS.

FTTx PnP
l Configuration script application: When maintenance personnel use commands to
configure a device, the configuration commands can be written into a batch processing
script and applied to the device from NCE. In this way, commands are issued in batches.
l Pre-deployment: For PON-upstream FTTB/FTTH devices, users can configure them in
the pre-deployment sheet provided by NCE and import the sheet to NCE. After the
device goes online, NCE automatically applies the configurations in the sheet to the
device to complete the service configuration in the deployment phase.
l Automatic recovery after replacement: If a remote MxU becomes faulty, onsite
personnel can replace it. After the replacement, NCE automatically upgrades the
software and restores configurations without requiring manual operations.
l PnP deployment: MxUs are usually installed in harsh environments (for example, in
manholes or on poles). To simplify work for deployment personnel, NCE automatically
upgrades software and applies configurations to powered-on MxUs.

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l Remote acceptance of broadband, narrowband, and IPTV services: After

deployment or troubleshooting, NCE can be used to perform remote acceptance for
broadband, narrowband, and IPTV services. Software commissioning engineers do not
need to visit the site.

Intelligent FTTx Site Management

The intelligent site management solution can be used for FTTx sites. Sensor components are
used to avert black-box management, remotely monitor site status in a visualized way,
simplify door lock rights management, and remotely detect batteries. Site asset management,
visualized site monitoring, and remote operations reduce the number of site visits, facilitate
remote site maintenance, and save on maintenance costs.

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Remote Diagnosis
l FTTC/B diagnosis view: This view displays E2E links from CPE UNIs to OLT
upstream ports to implement one-stop NE and link status monitoring and fault diagnosis.
With this view, FTTC/B troubleshooting is simplified.
l FTTH diagnosis view: This view displays E2E links from ONT UNIs to OLT upstream
ports to implement one-stop NE and link status monitoring and fault diagnosis. With this
view, FTTH troubleshooting is simplified.
l Remote emulation testing: Maintenance personnel can remotely diagnose faults on
voice, broadband, and other services.
l Intelligent alarm analysis: Alarm compression, correlation analysis, and other methods
are provided to reduce the alarm quantity and help users identify root causes.
l NE data verification: NE configuration data is verified against the data planned by
carriers to avoid data inconsistency and the resultant service problems.
l ONT video quality diagnosis: Faults of IPTV+cooperated OTT videos can be quickly
diagnosed and demarcated. NCE collects quality indicators in real time, displays them in
a visualized manner, and compares them to quickly demarcate faults.
l Remote Wi-Fi diagnosis: NCE supports home network management and common Wi-Fi
maintenance methods. Remote Wi-Fi monitoring and troubleshooting help reduce home
visits.

7.2.4 IP Network Management

7.2.4.1 NE Management

IP NEs
NCE supports the following series of IP NEs: PTN, NE, ATN, CX, service gateway, R/AR,
switch, voice gateway, and security.

PnP
Plug-and-play (PnP) facilitates remote commissioning and basic configuration of NEs in
batches, freeing engineers from going to sites and greatly improving the deployment
efficiency.
Scenario
PnP is used for making scripts and configuring NEs during deployment. It provides a rich set
of system-defined templates, where users need to set only a few of parameters for generating
basic NE scripts. DCN remote commissioning eliminates the need for planning before NE
power-on, and NEs are automatically added to NCE for management.
During deployment, PnP is mainly used for remotely commissioning newly added NEs and
bringing them online so that NCE can manage these NEs. PnP applies basic configurations to
NEs in different networking scenarios to complete batch NE deployment.

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Figure 7-17 PnP, fast deployment

Automatically Available DCN

l Connections are automatically established between NCE and NEs based on the
automatically available DCN. Scripts are automatically generated based on the planning
sheet.
l After NEs go online, templates are planned based on scenarios to implement PnP.
– Templates can be customized based on L2+L3 and HVPN service scenarios.
– The management IP addresses, NNI IP addresses, and IGP parameters can be
automatically allocated for online NEs.
Custom deployment solution
Create a customization template based on the site scenario information and typical
configuration, customize template parameter IDs and expressions, and create a deployment
template group for the site scenario.
l Export the service planning table based on the deployment template and fill in the
planning data. The custom deployment solution allows you to import device
configuration planning information (such as NE addresses and interface IP addresses) in
batches and customize the sequence of parameters in the planning table.
l NCE supports the import of device command scripts, the setting of parameter correlation
between different device role templates, and the creation of scenario-based custom
service deployment templates.
Basic and service configuration scripts are generated at the same time. With the DCN, devices
can go online while configurations are applied.

IP Network Troubleshooting
IP network troubleshooting helps users quickly locate faults in service paths, improving O&M
efficiency.
IP network troubleshooting provides the following functions:
l Unicast service path visualization: E2E service paths and backup paths are displayed in
the topology view. Backup paths support five backup modes: primary/secondary PW,
VRRP, E-APS, TE hot standby, and VPN FRR. Paths are displayed at the service, tunnel,
IP, and link layers. If a path is incomplete or used as a backup path, a message will be
displayed asking users whether to display the historical paths that are complete and not
used as backup paths.
l Multicast service path visualization: NCE can discover shared paths and shortest paths,
and paths are displayed at the service, IP, and link layers.

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l Display of NE and link status: After users select an NE or link in the topology view, the
NE performance data or the link type, source, and sink are displayed. The performance
data, alarm information, and optical module information of all NEs and links in the
topology view are displayed on tab pages in the details area to help users with
preliminary fault locating.
l Fast fault diagnosis: After users click Quick Diagnosis, path and service check items are
executed layer by layer. The check results are displayed in a table. If a check item is
abnormal, it is highlighted in red and handling suggestions are provided for it. Clicking
an underscored record opens the associated window in the NE Explorer where users can
quickly rectify faults.
l Fault detection: Faults can be detected through packet comparison, port loopback tests,
ping tests, interface packet loss/bit error collection, TDM PW statistics, path detection,
smart ping, ACL traffic statistics, or fault information collection, or by using the
MultiCast Tools or IGP Source Tracing tool.

IP Network Assurance
NCE provides various functions, such as network health checking, intelligent troubleshooting
based on path visualization, automatic locating of top N typical alarms, and network-level
alarm correlation. This greatly reduces skill requirements for fault locating. The average fault
locating time is reduced from more than 1 hour to 10 minutes.
l IP NE health check: IP NE health status can be checked efficiently and automatically.
Checking a single NE (optical power and IP address) only needs several seconds. The
check efficiency is greatly improved because users no longer need to manually check
configurations. In addition, this function reduces the potential faults caused by improper
basic configurations.
l PTN network health check: This tool provides a centralized GUI for checking and
viewing network running indicators. During routine maintenance, users can compare the
current and historical network running statuses to detect risks and rectify faults in
advance.
l Intelligent troubleshooting based on path visualization: NCE supports protection path
discovery, covering five protection schemes (primary/secondary PW, VPN FRR, VRRP,
E-APS, and TE hot standby) on the live network. It can also discover and display
primary and backup paths to meet fault locating requirements during service switching.
Paths are displayed by layer (including service, tunnel, route, and link layers) so that
specific fault locations can be easily identified. Path discovery in the VPLS and HVPLS
scenarios and visualized fault locating based on paths are provided. NCE automatically
determines the diagnosis process based on MBB scenarios and fault types (such as
interruption, deterioration, and clock switching). It provides up to 300 check items,
covering key MBB features and improving check accuracy and efficiency.
l Automatic locating of top N alarms: For top N alarms, NCE automatically selects
check methods, completes fault diagnosis with just one click, and provides rectification
suggestions.
l Network-level alarm correlation: By analyzing the alarms reported by IP NEs within a
period, NCE identifies root alarms and correlative alarms based on rules and displays
them to the maintenance personnel.

7.2.4.2 Service Management

NCE supports centralized and unified management of virtual private network (VPN) services,
such as tunnels, L3VPN services, EVPN services, VPLS services, PWE3 services, and

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composite services. Specific functions include service provisioning, service monitoring, and
service diagnosis.

Service Provisioning
NCE provides a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI) on which you can complete all
service configuration operations. Parameters for multiple NEs can be automatically generated
by using service templates. User configuration results can be previewed in the topology
before being applied.

l Dynamic Tunnel
– Provision SR-TE and RSVP-TE tunnels.
– Split and merge tunnels.
– Configure tunnel separation groups.
l Static Tunnel
– Deploy Static LSP or Static CR LSP services to implement MPLS access schemes.
– Configure the link bandwidth threshold.
During the establishment of a static CR LSP calculation path, the U2000 can
generate a link weight based on the remaining link bandwidth and the threshold,
achieving traffic balance.
l Dynamic L3VPN service
– Provision dynamic unicast and multicast L3VPN services.
– Provision services through templates.
– Create tunnels upon service creation.
l EVPN service
– Support P2P and MP2MP connection types.
– Provision services through templates.
– Create tunnels upon service creation.
l Static L3VPN service
– Configure L3VPN services in Full-Mesh, Hub-Spoke, HVPN, or customized mode.
– Configure VPN fast reroute (FRR) and IP FRR for L3VPN services, and bind
L3VPN services to traffic engineering (TE) tunnels.
– Configure static, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Border Gateway Protocol
(BGP), IS-IS, and RIP private routes.
– Configure VPN services in inter-AS OptionA or inter-AS OptionB mode.
l VPLS service
– Manage VPLS services in Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) signaling (Martini)
mode.
– Manage VPLS services in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signaling (Kompella)
mode.
– Manage VPLS services for interworking of different virtual switch instances
(VSIs).
l PWE3 service
– Configure static and dynamic PWE3 services.

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– Manage PWE3 services in circuit emulation service (CES), asynchronous transfer

mode (ATM), Ethernet(ETH), IP over PW, networking function (ATM IWF), or
heterogeneous interworking mode.
– Configure management PW.
– Back up pseudo wire (PW) configurations.
– Configure PW FRR.
– Configure CES FPS.
l Composite service
You can manage the following composite services: Customize, H-VPLS, and PWE3 in
Dynamic L3VPN. Different creation methods are provided for them.
– Customized: Services can be combined in various types, including VPLS+PWE3,
VPLS+L3VPN, PWE3+L3VPN, OptionA VPLS, OptionA PWE3, OptionA
L3VPN, PWE3+PWE3. Users need to manually create or select existing services,
and create a connection point to combine them into a composite service.
– H-VPLS: After an NE is added to NCE as a VPLS node, PWE3 node, or PW
switching node, NCE will automatically create the desired H-VPLS composite
service over the NE.
– PWE3 in Dynamic L3VPN: NCE automatically creates qualified PWE3+L3VPN
services after the gateway IP address is set, the dynamic L3VPN is selected, and
PWE3 is added.

Automatic Service Discovery

The E2E service or tunnel data deployed on the network can be restored to NCE through
service discovery so that these services can be managed in an E2E manner. This not only
saves time but avoids the impact of misoperation on the original services.
l Static tunnels, static L3VPN services, VPLS services, PWE3 services, aggregation
services, and composite services can be automatically discovered based on preset
policies.
l Dynamic tunnels, EVPN services, and dynamic L3VPN services can be automatically
discovered based on service templates.

360-Degree Service View

Clear and visible service status and service object relationships: Services are associated with
tunnels, and tunnels are associated with routes. NCE clearly displays the hierarchical object
and bearer relationships, which facilitates fault locating and troubleshooting.

Service Diagnosis
Diagnostic tools are used to check network connectivity and locate faults. You can generate
diagnostic tasks according to selected services and directly perform operations on NEs in
topology views. Diagnostic results can be directly displayed.

Service Check and Test

l Configuration check: NCEcan check consistency of VPN service configurations at
different sites and show configuration error locations.
l Service continuity check: NCE can check service connectivity by means of ping and
trace route tests, and locate faulty NEs.

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l Protocol status test: NCE can check service protocol status and forwarding tables, and
display error information to help you locate faults.

7.2.5 Third-Party NE Management

NCE can manage third-party routers, including their topologies, resources, alarms,
performance, and inventory (reports).

The following third-party NEs are supported: Cisco ASR 9000 series 6.1.3.

Using the SNMP and ICMP protocols, NCE interacts with third-party routers to obtain device
information and implement the following functions.

Table 7-13 Third-party NE management

Feature Function Details

Topology NE creation You can search for third-party NEs by

management NE IP address and view third-party NEs
in the topology view.

Link creation The links between third-party NEs can

be automatically discovered by
synchronizing NE configuration data.
NOTE
LLDP links between third-party NEs cannot
be automatically discovered.

Alarm management Alarm You can view standard alarms and some
private alarms of third-party NEs.

Service deployment Dynamic tunnel Dynamic tunnels and L3VPN services

and management can be created and managed.
Dynamic L3VPN
service

7.3 Service Provisioning

7.3.1 Optical Service Provisionin

The Optical Service Provisioning app can implement agile control of optical connections on
TSDN networks.

Definition
The Optical Service Provisioning app is a basic feature for implementing cloud-based
transport networks. It mainly applies to business-to-business (B2B) scenarios, such as
government and enterprise private lines and data center interconnections. Its functions include
service templates, agile provisioning, scheduled reservation, BOD, service visualization,
routing policies, and route computation.

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Figure 7-18 Optical service provisioning

Benefits
Breaking through the traditional service provisioning mode, the Optical Service
Provisioning app implements fast service provisioning and supports dynamic service
scheduling and flexible bandwidth adjustment. Resource utilization is effectively improved.
The Optical Service Provisioning app well fits customers' usage scenarios and achieves one-
stop, automated O&M of private lines.

7.3.1.1 Service Profile

A service profile defines common characteristics for services of the same type. Service
parameters, such as the service type, SLA type, and routing policy, can be specified in a
service profile in advance to support agile service provisioning.
Users can create and modify service profiles as required. Based on service profiles, they can
quickly provision and view services, flexibly meeting O&M requirements.

7.3.1.2 Agile Service Provisioning

NCE supports centralized route computation and E2E service configuration to implement
agile service provisioning and shorten TTM.
Users only need to pay attention to the application layer requirements of services. When
creating a service, they can effortlessly set the source port, sink port, bandwidth, and SLA of
the service. NCE automatically obtains the real-time resource status, creates or reuses a server
trail, and creates E2E connections for the service, thereby achieving fast service provisioning.

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Figure 7-19 Agile service provisioning

7.3.1.3 BOD
Users can adjust service bandwidths based on actual requirements.
l NCE supports real-time and scheduled bandwidth adjustment for E-Line services.
l NCE supports real-time adjustment of network-side bandwidth for client services whose
access service type is packet and rate is 10GE LAN or 100GE.

Real-Time Bandwidth Adjustment

Real-time bandwidth adjustment means that the bandwidth change takes effect immediately
after client or packet service bandwidth is changed. When client or packet services are carried
by ODUflex, the G.hao protocol can be used to flexibly adjust the ODUflex size to achieve
hitless service bandwidth adjustment.

Figure 7-20 Real-time bandwidth adjustment

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Scheduled Bandwidth Adjustment

Scheduled bandwidth adjustment specifies a bandwidth policy for a packet service. The
bandwidth change takes effect as scheduled. At present, the following policies are supported:
l One-off adjustment: The bandwidth change takes effect within the specified time range.
After the specified time range elapses, the original bandwidth of the service is used.
l Periodic adjustment: The bandwidth change periodically takes effect. At other times, the
original bandwidth of the service is used.
NOTE

Scheduled bandwidth adjustment is a bandwidth calendar function.

Figure 7-21 Scheduled bandwidth adjustment (one-off)

7.3.1.4 Scheduled Service Provisioning

Users can schedule service provisioning and deletion so that network resources will be
reserved as scheduled, used as needed, dynamically shared, and automatically connected.
NCE supports scheduled provisioning and deletion of Client services.
To schedule service provisioning, users need to configure a service activation policy. The
service paths, bandwidths, and SLAs are stored on NCE. At the specified activation time,
NCE will automatically activate the service connection on the physical network. If
deactivation time is also set, NCE will automatically release network resources.

NOTE

Scheduled service provisioning is a bandwidth calendar function.

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Figure 7-22 Scheduled service provisioning

7.3.1.5 Resource Visualization

NCE uses graphs to display the usage of resources such as network-wide links, wavelengths,
sub-wavelengths, and ports. You can better understand the network resource status in real
time, identify resource bottlenecks, and take path operation or capacity expansion measures
accordingly.

Figure 7-23 Resource visualization

7.3.2 OVPN
TSDN networks support the optical virtual private network (OVPN) function.

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Definition
OVPNs slice TSDN resources and reserve link bandwidths for users. OVPNs can be
customized for large enterprise customers. They are logically isolated from each other,
achieving high security and reliability.

Figure 7-24 OVPN

Benefits
With the OVPN function, carriers can provide virtual private networks for large enterprise
customers. Large enterprise customers can obtain high security through hard pipe isolation
without the need to construct their own physical private networks. The reserved resources can
guarantee sustainable service development. In addition, carriers can flexibly sell link
bandwidths, helping carriers improve resource utilization.

7.3.3 Automated Private Line Provisioning

The Automated Private Line Provisioning app consists of the following four functions:
Service Design, Resource Management, Service Deployment, and Service Assurance. The
statistics and common shortcuts of the four functions are displayed on the home page of the
app.

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l Service Design: displays the numbers of published and unpublished service profiles and
provides the Create, Import, and Profiles shortcuts.
l Resource Management: displays the numbers of NEs managed by top 5 controllers and
provides the Discovery, Planning, Main Topology, and Preparation shortcuts.
l Service Deployment: displays the numbers of services in the Activated (Up, Down, or
Unknown) or Others state, and provides the Provisioning, Routing Policy,
Management, and Bandwidth Calendar shortcuts.
l Service Assurance: displays the total number of current service alarms by fault type and
provides the Service Assurance shortcut for viewing the list of services affected by
alarms.
During automated service provisioning, the four functions work collaboratively as follows:
l Use Service Design to design a service offline and generate a service profile.
l Use Resource Management to collect and plan resource data.
l Use Service Design to bind the offline service profile to the planned resources and
publish the profile.
l Use Service Deployment to reference the published service profile.
l Use Service Assurance to monitor service status. If the service is faulty or degraded,
you can reroute it with the help of the service deployment function.

7.3.3.1 Resource Management

Resource management includes discovery and planning. It is the basis of service design and
service deployment. The following resources can be managed: controllers, sites, NEs, ports,
links, and domains.

Objects of Resource Management

The objects of resource management are as follows:
l Domain: a logical network forwarding ___domain. Nodes in a ___domain can forward services
at different layers. Each ___domain can be divided into multiple nested domains.
l Network Control Domain (NCD): a network management ___domain. Generally, one NCD
corresponds to one controller.

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l NE: basic unit managed by controllers.

l Port: including physical ports and logical interfaces.
l Link: including optical fibers, Layer 2 links, Layer 3 links, trunk links, and electrical-
layer links (WDM).
l Site: including sites on the tenant and network sides.

Resource Discovery
NCE supports the following resource discovery modes:
l Manual full synchronization: Users manually create one-time or periodic tasks to
synchronize all resource and service data from controllers or EMSs.
l Manual incremental synchronization: Users manually synchronize new NE and port data
from controllers or EMSs.
l Automatic incremental synchronization: Controllers automatically report NE, port, link,
and service changes to ensure data consistency.

Resource Planning
Resource planning includes NE role definition, forwarding ___domain and subnet division, and
inter-___domain link planning.
l NE role definition: In different scenarios, an NE can play different roles, such as an
Autonomous System Boundary Router (ASBR) and Superstratum Provider Edge (SPE).
l Forwarding ___domain and subnet division: A forwarding ___domain can contain network
devices that support multiple protocols and rates. An NE can belong to multiple
forwarding domains. For example, an intermediate NE located on an access ring and a
core ring can belong to two forwarding domains.
NE roles and domains have the following functions:
– In service definition scenarios, NE roles and domains are used to define service
types so that service profiles are decoupled from specific network resources.
– In service provisioning scenarios, NE roles and domains are used to filter network-
wide resources so that only the resources required by a specific service type are
listed.
l Intra-___domain path planning: Support enhanced intra-___domain path planning. For example,
you can plan the NEs that primary and secondary paths must pass through. During
service provisioning, paths must be computed based on the planned paths in the ___domain.
l Inter-___domain link planning: In cross-___domain service provisioning scenarios, inter-___domain
links need to be manually created to specify cross-___domain routes.

7.3.3.2 Service Design

Service design supports the definition of various service types, parameter configuration, and
service resource planning. The service profiles generated during service design can be used to
provision services, improving the service provisioning efficiency.
Service design provides the following functions:
l Customer facing service (CFS): configures composite VPN service policies for tenants.
These policies contain parameters such as VPN Basic Info, Protection Schema,
Routing Constraints, and External VPN Policy.

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l Resource facing service (RFS): configures single-___domain VPN service policies for
resources. These policies take effect only for devices in a specified management ___domain
and contain the following information:
– Connection information: basic VPN information, protection mode, routing
constraint, and port filtering rule (To define a cross-___domain service, create multiple
single-___domain policies.)
– Link information: A and Z role labels
l Service design in a different life cycle (nested service design): Service profiles can be
nested into other service profiles. Supported features are as follows:
– Service design: Each service profile can be orchestrated as a ___domain and set as the
primary ___domain.
– Resource allocation: Domain resources, extended parameters, VPN pools,
association policies, and mappings can be configured for existing service profiles.

Function Scope
The function scope of service design is determined by the combination of single-___domain
services and composite services. Based on the service type, topology, and application ___domain,
service design can provide service profiles for various scenarios.

Table 7-14 Typical service types

Service Topology Type Service Application Example
Scenario Type Domain

L3VPN Full-mesh L3VPN Core ___domain Cloud private line,

private (primary L3VPN, private line
line ___domain) for Internet access,
and private line for
enterprise
interconnection

L2VPN Point-to-point L2VPN Aggregation Private line for

private ___domain and enterprise
line core ___domain interconnection
private line and
L2VPN private line

Single-point L2VPN Access ___domain Private line for

Internet access

Full-mesh L2VPN Core ___domain L2VPN

Add-Drop-Z L2VPN Aggregation Private line for

___domain (UTN enterprise
___domain) interconnection

Double-Add-Drop L2VPN Aggregation Enterprise

___domain (UTN interconnection
___domain) private line

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Service Topology Type Service Application Example

Scenario Type Domain

SDH Point-to-point E1 Single-___domain None

private scenario
line
Point-to-point VC4 Single-___domain None
scenario

Optical Point-to-point ClientDSR Multi-___domain Optical multi-___domain

multi- scenario Client service
___domain
service

7.3.3.3 Service Deployment

Service deployment is a core function of automated private line provisioning. Resource
management and service definition help carriers quickly and flexibly provision services.

Service Provisioning
Service provisioning helps users quickly create service instances based on service profiles and
enable and activate services in a one-stop manner. Service provisioning has the following
highlights:
l Supports various composite services, such as EPL/EVPL Layer 2 private lines, E-LAN
Layer 2 private networks, VLL services, L3VPN services, and SDH services.
l Coordinates resources on the entire network to compute the optimal service paths.
l Deploys services conveniently.
– NCE (Super) identifies the service profiles that have been published on the service
design page and adds them to the service deployment page.
– NCE (Super) simplifies the provisioning process by service type.
– NCE (Super) provides the service topology. After paths are computed, users can
view resource information, such as inter-___domain links, intra-___domain NEs, VLAN
IDs, and ports.

Service Maintenance
After service deployment, users can configure bandwidth calendars, adjust real-time
bandwidth, check E2E connectivity, activate or deactivate services, restore services, modify
tunnel policies and routing protocols, view multi-layer service topology, and browse abnormal
events.

7.3.3.4 Service Assurance

Based on device and service alarms, O&M personnel can efficiently identify service status
and ensure normal service running.
l Manage device and service alarms.
– Management of device and service alarms: NCE (Super) can obtain device and
service alarms from U2000 after appropriate configuration.

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– Management of service alarms: After configuring an SLA policy, users can view the
alarms on all provisioned services on the abnormal service monitoring page. They
can also view the service topology, check service connectivity, test service
throughput, and view private line details.
l Collect and display alarm information.
– Statistics: collects statistics on the number of alarms based on alarm types (access
point fault, tunnel fault, VPN fault, or SLA threshold-crossing), displays the top 5
tenants with the most alarms, and displays the top 5 services with the most alarms.
– Service alarm list: displays the services with alarms, including the service name,
alarm status, number of alarms, service profile name, tenant name, running status,
earliest alarm generation time, and last alarm generation time.

7.3.4 Multi-Layer Network Navigator

The Multi-Layer Network Navigator app consists of the following four functions: Multi-
Layer Discovery, Multi-Layer Provisioning, Multi-Layer Monitoring, and Multi-Layer
Optimization. The statistics and common shortcuts of the four functions are displayed on the
home page of the app.

l Multi-Layer Discovery: collects statistics on site types, ratio of routers connected to

fibers, and cross links, and provides the Network Resource Discovery, Multi-Layer
Topology Discovery, and Geographic Site Management shortcuts.
l Multi-Layer Provisioning: collects statistics on the number and ratio of active multi-
layer (ML) links, configures ML links for explicit paths, disjoint groups, and protection
groups, and provides the Multi-Layer Link Management and Multi-Layer Protection
Management shortcuts.
l Multi-Layer Monitoring: collects statistics on faulty ML links and congested ML links
and provides the Multi-Layer Network Topo and Multi-Layer Traffic View shortcuts.
It supports fault and traffic monitoring and reflects the relationships between ML link
objects in a multi-layer topology view.
l Multi-Layer Optimization: collects statistics on expanded member links and bypassed
ML links, and provides the Multi-Layer BOD and Multi-Layer Network Bypass
shortcuts.

During IP+Optical multi-layer network management, the four functions work collaboratively
as follows:

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l Use Multi-Layer Discovery to discover basic network resources and cross links, and set
geographic sites.
l Use Multi-Layer Provisioning to create, delete, activate, or deactivate ML links and set
constraints (explicit paths and delay constraints) protection for ML links.
l Use Multi-Layer Monitoring to monitor multi-layer network faults and traffic.
l Use Multi-Layer Optimization to optimize networks. At present, multi-layer network
BOD and network bypass are supported.

7.3.4.1 Multi-Layer Discovery

Multi-layer discovery can collect IP+Optical multi-layer network resources. The collected
resources are then stored and managed on NCE. Multi-layer discovery is the basis of multi-
layer network management. The following resources can be managed: NEs, ports, links, cross
links, and geographic sites.

Network Resource Discovery

NCE supports the following resource discovery modes:

l Manual full synchronization: Users manually create one-time tasks to synchronize all
resource data (NE, port, and link data) from controllers or EMSs.
l Manual incremental synchronization: Users manually synchronize new NE, port, and
link data from controllers or EMSs.
l Automatic incremental synchronization: Controllers automatically report NE, port, and
link changes to ensure data consistency.

Multi-Layer Topology Discovery

Multi-layer topology discovery can discover existing cross links (deployed on other systems).
For example, it discovers Client services from NCE (Transport Domain) and Layer 3 and Eth-
Trunk links from NCE (IP Domain). The Client services, Layer 3 links, and Eth-trunk links
are combined into cross links based on settings.

Geographic Site Management

Most customers maintain IP+Optical backbone networks based on geographic sites. Devices
in the same geographic ___location are placed into one geographic site.

The following table lists geographic sites supported by NCE (Super).

Site Type Description

Service site Site where IP devices are connected to optical devices. This site can
contain routers, OTN devices, and ROADM devices.

ROADM site Site that completes optical wavelength switching. This site contains
only ROADM devices.

OLA site Site that amplifies optical signals but cannot complete optical
wavelength switching. This site contains only OLA devices.

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Site Type Description

IP site Site where IP devices are not connected to optical devices. This site
contains only routers.

To respect the O&M habits of some users, NCE also supports NEs outside sites (that is, NEs
not within any sites).
The NCE network monitoring function supports multi-layer topology. The multi-layer
topology is constructed with geographic sites and NEs outside sites.

7.3.4.2 Multi-Layer Provisioning

Multi-layer provisioning can provision and manage ML links. The following table lists the
functions of multi-layer provisioning.

Table 7-15 Functions of multi-layer provisioning

Function Description

ML link management Creates, deletes, modifies, queries, and imports ML links.

ML link constraints Configures constraints when creating or modifying an ML link,

including:
l Selecting explicit paths, that is, the nodes (NEs) and links
that the ML link must pass at the optical layer
l Specifying whether the ML link must use the optical path
with the shortest delay
l Selecting an optical-layer protection mode, for example,
rerouting, 1+1 rerouting, permanent 1+1, static 1+1, or none

ML link disjoint Sets ML link disjoint groups. ML links in different disjoint

constraints groups are separated at the optical layer.

ML link activation or Activates ML links to create optical-layer pipes and configure

deactivation IP-layer links.
Deactivates ML links to delete optical-layer pipes and IP-layer
link configurations.

IP light sensitivity During the activation of an ML link, configures the attributes

(including the SRLG and delay) of optical-layer pipes onto IP
links.

ML link protection Configures ML link protection and activates the protection ML

link when a working ML link is faulty.

7.3.4.3 Multi-Layer Monitoring

Multi-layer monitoring supports fault and traffic monitoring and shows object information
and object relationships on IP+Optical multi-layer networks.

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Multi-Layer Network Topo

The multi-layer topology is constructed with sites, NEs outside sites, and links. It supports 3D
rotation and scaling to help users view topology information.

Multi-Layer Fault Monitoring

l Faulty ML links can be detected and displayed in a list.
l ML links are colored in the topology based on their fault levels.
l ML links are bidirectionally associated between the list and multi-layer topology. If a
user clicks a faulty ML link in the list, that link will be highlighted in the topology. If a
user clicks a faulty ML link in the topology, that link will be selected in the list and its
faults are also displayed.

Multi-Layer Traffic View

l Users can monitor link traffic, including the bandwidth usage of ML links and
wavelength usage of fibers, on multi-layer networks.
l The multi-layer topology color-codes links based on their loads, which helps users assess
the usage of link resources.

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l The bandwidth usage of ML links is displayed in a list, and capacity can be expanded for
the IP links whose bandwidth usage has exceeded the threshold.
l The wavelength usage of fibers is displayed in a list. Used wavelengths are also
displayed in a list.

Multi-Layer Network Object Browsing

The multi-layer topology shows the following network objects:

l ML links, ODU links, OTS/OPS links, and cross links

l Optical paths that carry ML links

l IP and optical paths of TE tunnels at the IP layer (The topology also shows whether the
primary and backup paths of TE tunnels overlap.)

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7.3.4.4 Multi-Layer Optimization

After the network runs for a long time, some issues may occur. In this case, users need to
optimize the network. NCE supports the following optimization methods:

l Network BOD: NCE (Super) supports manual expansion, BC expansion, and automatic
expansion by adding member links to Eth-Trunk links. In addition, users can configure
an Eth-Trunk member link resource pools for ML link capacity expansion.
l Service/tunnel bypass: NCE (Super) can bypass faulty services and tunnels as well as the
services or tunnels with serious delays.

7.4 Analysis and Assurance

7.4.1 Optical Network Survivability Analysis

Definition
Optical network survivability analysis is a process of simulating a fault on a network resource
to check whether the remaining resources meet service protection requirements and identify
the services that will be interrupted or degraded. This function helps users assess whether
SLA violation risks are present in service quality and take countermeasures in advance.

Optical network survivability analysis can simulate node, link, and SRLG faults on a TSDN
network and can be triggered in the following modes:

NOTE

NCE supports survivability analysis only for the services carried by dynamic trails.
l Immediate analysis: proactively simulates one or two faults on network-wide site or fiber
resources.
l Resource warning: triggers survivability analysis periodically or automatically triggers
survivability analysis upon a resource change. Warnings will be provided for risky links.

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l Fault simulation: simulates faults on key nodes or links to quickly learn the impact on
network services.

Figure 7-25 Survivability analysis

Benefits
With the optical network survivability analysis function, users can easily detect network
resource bottlenecks, identify risks in advance, and proactively take O&M measures to ensure
service reliability and avoid SLA violation, which helps build up network O&M capabilities.

7.4.2 Key Event Assurance

Definition
To improve the satisfaction and experience of private line customers, NCE provides key event
assurance (KEA) to help users identify and diagnose faults on key services at the earliest time
possible.

KEA is mainly used for the following services:

l Enterprise private line services that need to be monitored in the long term (for example,
One Belt and One Road, bank, and public security services)
l Services that need to be assured in a certain period (for example, live broadcast of sports
events or summits)

Benefits
l Fast fault detection: Collects and aggregates service monitoring information. If any faults
exist, you can easily detect them.
The Key Event Assurance app lists service KPIs (current alarms and delay).
l Fast fault diagnosis: If faults occur, you can quickly diagnosing the faults.

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l Report: The assurance report provides statistics on service running status and reflects
QoS clearly.
l Rights-based management:
– Each monitor can only see the key event assurance tasks they are responsible for
(after secondary filtering by permission). All statistics need to be matched on the
Dashboard.
– On the Task Management and Task Monitoring pages, all tables support data
filtering.

7.4.3 Network Analysis and Optimization

The Network Analysis and Optimization app functions as a center for network experience
perception, decision making, and big data analysis. It provides a user-friendly, visualized way
to monitor network traffic and quality in real time, perceive network changes, and optimize
networks. This improves O&M efficiency and reduces OPEX.

7.4.3.1 Network Analysis

This section describes the features provided by network analysis.

7.4.3.1.1 Performance Overview

Analyzer provides Dashlets to clearly display device status, which helps users monitor key
device status and detect and repair abnormal devices in a timely manner.

Functions and GUIs

l Dashlets are used on home pages to display device and network status through lists, line
charts, bar charts, or pie charts.
l Dashlets are appropriately categorized for easy device status monitoring.

Figure 7-26 Dashlets on the home page

Specifications
Analyzer allows users to maintain and manage the home page of the Network Analysis and
Optimization app and Dashlets based on service requirements. The following operations are
supported:

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l Home page maintenance, including:

– Customizing the Dashlets to be displayed or hidden on a home page
– Modifying the name of a home page
– Pinning a home page on top
– Deleting a home page
l Dashlet management, including:
– Setting Dashlet parameters
– Maximizing Dashlets
– Refreshing Dashlets manually
– Hiding Dashlets
– Relocating Dashlets on a home page
– Viewing the historical performance data of devices
l Dashlet customization, including:
– Customizing bar charts, line charts, pie charts, or ring charts
– Customizing the resources, indicators, and periods displayed on charts

Table 7-16 Performance Overview

Resource Dashlet Name and Function
Type

IPRAN NE Top10 by CPU Utilization:

Performance Displays the CPU usage of network-wide NEs, helping users quickly
Overview locate the NEs with the heaviest load.
Reports
IPLink Top10 by Peak Bandwidth Utilization:
Helps users quickly identify the IP links with the heaviest load and view
the peak usage and other performance indicators of the IP links.

Traffic Report of Ring:

Collects the bandwidth usage and other performance indicators of rings,
helping users identify the rings with the heaviest load and conduct
adjustment or expansion as required.

L2Link Traffic Utilization Receive MAX Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest load in
the receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

L2Link Traffic Utilization Send MAX Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest load in
the sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

L2Link Traffic Utilization Receive Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest average
load in the receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

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Resource Dashlet Name and Function

Type

L2Link Traffic Utilization Send Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest average
load in the sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

UNI Interface Traffic Utilization Receive MAX Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the UNIs with the heaviest load in the
receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other performance
indicators of the UNIs.

UNI Interface Traffic Utilization Send MAX Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the UNIs with the heaviest load in the
sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other performance
indicators of the UNIs.

UNI Interface Traffic Utilization Receive Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the UNIs with the heaviest average load in
the receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the UNIs.

UNI Interface Traffic Utilization Send Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the UNIs with the heaviest average load in
the sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the UNIs.

NNI Interface Traffic Utilization Receive MAX Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the NNIs with the heaviest load in the
receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other performance
indicators of the NNIs.

NNI Interface Traffic Utilization Send MAX Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the NNIs with the heaviest load in the
sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other performance
indicators of the NNIs.

NNI Interface Traffic Utilization Receive Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the NNIs with the heaviest average load in
the receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the NNI.

NNI Interface Traffic Utilization Send Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the NNIs with the heaviest average load in
the sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the NNIs.

Top 10 NE Threshold-crossing Rate:

Helps users quickly identify the NEs with the highest threshold-crossing
rate and learn NE load status based on the threshold-crossing status of
average CPU usage and average memory usage.

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Resource Dashlet Name and Function

Type

Top 10 Minimum IP Link Availability:

Helps users quickly identify the IP links with the lowest availability and
view link availability to learn link quality.

NE Threshold-crossing Rate Distribution:

Classifies NEs based on the threshold-crossing rates of average CPU
usage and average memory usage and collects statistics on the
distribution of NE threshold-crossing rates within the last hour to help
users quickly learn NE threshold-crossing status.

Interface Threshold-crossing Rate Distribution:

Classifies universal interfaces based on the threshold-crossing rates of
TX and RX bandwidth usage and collects statistics on the distribution of
interface threshold-crossing rates within the last hour to help users
quickly learn interface threshold-crossing status and adjust interface
traffic.

IPRAN Area Flow Distribution Map:

Performance Helps users quickly identify the areas that require special attention and
Overview Maps view the universal interface traffic of each area, including the TX peak
bandwidth usage and RX peak bandwidth usage.

Area Quality Distribution Map:

Helps users quickly identify the areas that require special attention and
view the service flow quality of each area, including the bandwidth
usage, delay, and packet loss rate.

PTN PTN Board Temperature Top 10:

Performance Helps users quickly identify the boards with the heaviest load and view
Overview the temperature and other performance indicators of the boards.
Reports
Port Bandwidth Utilization Top 10:
Helps users quickly identify the ports with the heaviest load and view
the bandwidth usage and other performance indicators of the ports.

PTN L2Link Receive Direction Bandwidth Utilization Top 10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest load in
the receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

PTN L2Link Sending Direction Bandwidth Utilization Top 10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest load in
the sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

PTN L2VPN-PW CIR Bandwidth Utilization Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the PWs with the heaviest load and view
the bandwidth usage and other performance indicators of the PWs.

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Resource Dashlet Name and Function

Type

Ring Bandwidth Utilization In Max Top10:

Collects bandwidth usage and other performance data of rings, helping
users quickly identify the rings with the heaviest load and conduct
adjustment or expansion as required.

L2Link Traffic Utilization Receive Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest average
load in the receiving direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

L2Link Traffic Utilization Send Average Top10:

Helps users quickly identify the Layer 2 links with the heaviest average
load in the sending direction and view the bandwidth usage and other
performance indicators of the Layer 2 links.

PTN Area Flow Distribution Map:

Performance Helps users quickly identify the areas that require special attention and
Overview Maps view the universal interface traffic of each area, including the TX peak
bandwidth usage and RX peak bandwidth usage.

Area Quality Distribution Map:

Helps users quickly identify the areas that require special attention and
view the service flow quality of each area, including the bandwidth
usage, delay, and packet loss rate.

7.4.3.1.2 IP RAN Analysis Reports

From IP RAN analysis reports, users can assess the status of IP RANs and make correct
decisions for network O&M, expansion, and optimization.

Specifications
Table 7-17 provides the specifications of IP RAN analysis reports.

Table 7-17 Specifications of IP RAN analysis reports

Report Type Resource Report Name and Function

Basic Traffic Board Board Health Report:

Report Collects the performance indicators (such as the CPU
usage and memory usage) of boards based on
subnets, helping users quickly identify the boards
with the heaviest load.

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Report Type Resource Report Name and Function

NE NE Health Report:
Collects the performance indicators (such as CPU
usage and memory usage) of NEs based on subnets,
helping users quickly locate NEs with the heaviest
load.

NE Resource Usage Report:

Collects the number of physical ports and the slot
usage of NEs, preventing physical NE resources from
being exhausted and providing support for physical-
layer expansion.

Board Resource Usage Report:

Collects the physical resource usage of all boards on
NEs to provide support for physical-layer expansion.

PhysicalPort Resource Usage Report:

Collects the physical resource usage of all ports on
boards to provide support for physical-layer
expansion.

Subrack Resource Usage Report:

Collects the rated power distribution and usage of
subracks, preventing physical subrack resources from
being exhausted and providing support for physical-
layer expansion.

Board Resource Report:

Collects information (such as the type, status, and
rated power) about all boards in subracks.

IP Address Pool Resource Statistical Report:

Collects the numbers of used IP addresses, idle IP
addresses, conflicting IP addresses, and forbidden IP
addresses on BRAS NEs, and displays the logical
resource usage of BRAS NEs to provide support for
network monitoring.

Port Universal Interface Traffic Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of IP ports, helping
users quickly identify the interfaces with the heaviest
load.

Port 15-Minute Raw Data Display:

Collects port traffic trends within a day, helping users
learn the traffic characteristics of each port.

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Report Type Resource Report Name and Function

Port Historical Data TOP N and Traffic

Percentage:
Collects the daily trend of port traffic, helping users
quickly identify the time points with the maximum
traffic and conduct timely port and pipe expansion.

Port Busy-hour and Idle Feature Display at

Workday-Weekend:
Collects the busy and idle hours of ports at workdays
and weekends to provide support for port adjustment
and expansion.

Ethernet Port Optical Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the TX
and RX optical power) of ports based on subnets,
helping users learn the optical power status of
network-wide ports.

Physical Port Bandwidth Utilization Trend

Report:
Predicts the bandwidth usage of primary ports in the
next three months to provide support for traffic
adjustment.

Link Layer 2 Link Traffic Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of Layer 2 links,
helping users quickly identify the ports with the
heaviest load.

IP Link Traffic Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of IP links, helping
users quickly identify the ports with the heaviest load.

IP Link Quality Report:

Collects performance indicators of IP links, such as
the packet loss rate, delay, and jitter, helping users
learn the link quality.

IP Link DS Service Quality Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
packet loss rate, delay, and jitter) of IP link DS
services, helping users learn the quality of IP link DS
services.

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Report Type Resource Report Name and Function

IP Link SD Service Quality Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
packet loss rate, delay, and jitter) of IP link SD
services, helping users learn the quality of IP link SD
services.

Service L3VPN Interface Traffic Detail Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate) of L3VPN services, helping users quickly
identify the ports with the heaviest load.

L3VPN Service E2E Quality Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
packet loss rate, delay, and jitter) of L3VPN services,
helping users learn the quality of L3VPN services.

L3VPN SAP-VNI Traffic Report:

Collects performance indicators of L3VPN SAP-VNI
services, such as the receive/send traffic rate.

L3VPN Service E2E Quality Report(TWAMP):

Collects performance indicators of L3VPN services,
such as the packet loss rate, delay, and jitter, helping
users learn the E2E quality of L3VPN services.

PWE3 Service Quality Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
packet loss rate, delay, and jitter) of PWE3 services,
helping users learn the quality of PWE3 services.

PWE3 Service Traffic Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of PWE3 services,
helping users quickly identify the ports with the
heaviest load.

QoS Template Traffic Report:

Collects indicators (such as the number of discarded
packets and the packet rate) in the basic HQoS queue
(based on QoS profiles) and the packet rate in the
total traffic queue (based on QoS profiles), helping
users analyze the network congestion condition.

VRF Traffic Report:

Collects the VRF traffic of L3VPN services,
including the byte receive/transmit rate, packet
receive/transmit rate, and number of received/
transmitted packets.

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Report Type Resource Report Name and Function

Location Service Type Detail Report:

Collects the percentage of different service traffic
(such as 3G and LTE) by ___location, helping users
quickly learn the traffic condition in different
locations.

City Service Type Detail Report:

Collects the percentage of different service traffic
(such as 3G and LTE) by city, helping users quickly
learn the traffic condition in different cities.

Tunnel Quality Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
packet loss rate, delay, and jitter) of tunnels, helping
users learn tunnel quality.

Tunnel Traffic Report:

Collects traffic data of tunnel services, such as the
number and rate of incoming and outgoing bytes.

TE Tunnel Traffic Report:

Collects traffic data of TE services, such as the
maximum, minimum, and average traffic rate, as well
as the maximum, minimum, and average packet rate.

TE Tunnel Convergence Traffic Report:

Collects the average traffic rate of the TE tunnel from
the source to the destination.

Ring Traffic Ring Ring Convergence Ratio Report:

Report Collects the convergence ratios of rings, helping users
quickly identify traffic bottlenecks and conduct
expansion or optimization as required.

Network Second-Level Peak Report:

Collects the second-level peak load rates of inter-ring
ports, helping users learn the load rate trends on rings
and expand rings as required.

Ring Report:
Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of inter-ring ports,
helping users quickly identify the ports with the
heaviest load on access rings.

Ring Load Deterioration Statistics Report:

Collects the top N second-level peak load rates of
inter-ring ports, helping users identify the rings with
the highest load rate.

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Report Type Resource Report Name and Function

Ring Convergence Ratio Distribution Statistics

Report:
Collects the distribution of convergence ratios on
access and aggregation rings.

Core Ring Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of ports on core
rings, helping users quickly identify the ports with the
heaviest load on core rings.

Aggregation Ring Convergence Ratio Report:

Collects the convergence ratios of aggregation rings,
helping users quickly identify traffic bottlenecks and
conduct expansion or optimization as required.

Aggregation Ring Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of ports on
aggregation rings, helping users quickly identify the
ports with the heaviest load on aggregation rings.

Aggregation Ring Service Type Traffic Analysis

Report:
Collects the percentage of different service traffic
(such as 3G and LTE) by aggregation ring, helping
users quickly learn the traffic condition on different
aggregation rings.

Access Ring Convergence Ratio Report:

Collects the convergence ratios of access rings,
helping users quickly identify traffic bottlenecks and
conduct expansion or optimization as required.

Access Ring Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the
traffic rate and bandwidth usage) of ports on access
rings, helping users quickly identify the ports with the
heaviest load on access rings.

Access Ring Service Type Traffic Analysis Report:

Collects the percentage of different service traffic
(such as 3G and LTE) by access ring, helping users
quickly learn the traffic condition on different access
rings.

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Report Type Resource Report Name and Function

Ring Tidal Effect Report:

Collects theUNI downstream peak rates of CSGs and
the NNI downstream peak rates of ASGs on a single
access ring, helping users identify busy and idle hours
and learn typical ring characteristics.

Access Ring Port Traffic Analysis:

Collects the traffic of all UNIs and NNIs on access
rings.

Service Traffic Y1731 PWE3 Service Y1731 PriAll Report,

Report PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri0 Report,
PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri1 Report,
PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri2 Report,
PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri3 Report,
PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri4 Report,
PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri5 Report,
PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri6 Report,
PWE3 Service Y1731 Pri7 Report:
The PWE3 Y.1731 quality report displays the PWE3
Y.1731 detection results, helping users quickly view
the quality of PWE3 services. Note: The priority
refers to the priority of detection packets.
NOTE
The priority refers to the priority of detection packets.

Typical Reports
The following are some typical reports in the IP RAN solution.
l NE

Figure 7-27 NE Health Report

l Board

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Figure 7-28 Board Health Report

7.4.3.1.3 Report Management

NCE provides different patterns of reports to help users create charts with certain data
sources.
From the reports, users can conveniently, quickly, and intuitively gain accurate resource
statistics on the entire network for network monitoring, service planning, and expansion
planning. The following operations are supported:
l Creating a chart or table: Users can save common resource reports as templates. The
templates can be reused to quickly query or collect resource statistics with the same
criteria.
l Managing report templates: Users can browse all report templates and learn how they are
associated with each other. They can adjust the directories of report templates or delete
report templates.
l Setting the presented reports: Users can choose the basic reports to be presented on the
client.

7.4.3.1.4 Regional Map

NCE provides the regional map function, which visualizes traffic and quality condition in
different regions and enables users to quickly identify the regions that require special
attention.

Functions and GUIs

l The IP RAN traffic monitoring solutions provides regional traffic maps that clearly
display the traffic condition and ranking of each area.
l The TWAMP quality monitoring solutions provide regional quality maps that clearly
display the quality condition and ranking of each area. The displayed indicators include
packet loss rate, delay, and jitter.

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Figure 7-29 Regional traffic map in the IP RAN traffic monitoring solution

Figure 7-30 Regional quality map in the TWAMP quality monitoring solution

Figure 7-31 Regional map in big screen view mode

Specifications
Regional Traffic Map
l Coloring

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Regions on the regional map are displayed in different colors, depending on which
thresholds they have exceeded.
– Green indicates that the regional traffic is less than the Minor Alarm threshold.
– Yellow indicates that the regional traffic is less than the Critical Alarm threshold
but greater than the Major Alarm threshold.
– Red indicates that the regional traffic is greater than the Critical Alarm threshold.
– Gray indicates that the regions are not monitored.
l Region ranking
Regions are ranked by total traffic or bandwidth usage in descending order, and the
ranking is refreshed every hour.
l Traffic visualization
The regional IP RAN traffic monitoring map clearly displays the inbound bandwidth
usage, outbound bandwidth usage, inbound peak bandwidth usage, and outbound peak
bandwidth usage of regions, helping users identify key regions in a timely manner.
Regional Quality Map
l Coloring
Regions on the regional map are displayed in different colors, depending on the regional
service quality.
– Green indicates that the regional service quality is Good.
– Yellow indicates that the regional service quality is Medium.
– Red indicates that the regional service quality is Bad.
– Gray indicates that the regions are not monitored.
l Region ranking
Regions are ranked by service quality in the order from Bad to Good, and the ranking is
refreshed every hour.
l Indicator visualization
The regional map clearly displays quality indicators, which helps users quickly identify
the regions with poor quality.

7.4.3.1.5 Performance Topology

Performance topology is a view that displays managed NEs and their connections. This view
helps users understand the structure and running status of the entire network in real time.

Functions and GUIs

l The physical topology consists of a navigation pane on the left and a view on the right.
The navigation tree shows the layered network structure, and the view displays managed
objects in different places (coordinates).

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Figure 7-32 Navigation tree and view

l The physical topology integrates NE performance indicators and alarms, helping users
learn the NE condition and running status of the entire network.

Figure 7-33 NE performance indicator information

Figure 7-34 NE alarm information

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l The physical topology integrates link performance indicators and alarms, helping users
learn the structure and running status of the entire network.

Figure 7-35 Link performance indicator information

Figure 7-36 Link alarm information

7.4.3.1.6 Service Bandwidth Analysis

NCE can analyze the bandwidth usage of PWE3 services. By analyzing the average busy
bandwidth usage of CIR and PIR, peak bandwidth usage of CIR and PIR, and threshold
policies, NCE provides bandwidth adjustment suggestions and policies for PWE3 services.

Functions and GUIs

l Policy configuration
Users can select different service types to set the upper and lower thresholds for the
average busy and peak bandwidth usage of CIR and PIR as well as the threshold-
crossing days. These settings help NCE learn the threshold-crossing condition and
determine whether adjustment is needed.

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Figure 7-37 Page for Configuring Policies

l Service adjustment analysis

Users can modify, delete, and refresh periodic report tasks.
– If the average busy or peak bandwidth usage of CIR is above its upper threshold for
the specified number of days, increase the CIR.
– If the average busy or peak bandwidth usage of CIR is below its lower threshold for
the specified number of days, decrease the CIR.
– If the average busy or peak bandwidth usage of PIR is above its upper threshold for
the specified number of days, increase the PIR.
– If the average busy or peak bandwidth usage of PIR is below its lower threshold for
the specified number of days, decrease the PIR.

7.4.3.1.7 Scheduled Report Task Management

With scheduled report task management, reports can be automatically exported and uploaded
within a specified period.

Functions and GUIs

Creating tasks
Users can create tasks to automatically export daily, weekly, and monthly reports as XLS,
CSV, or PDF files within a specified period. They can save the exported reports to the local
computer or upload them to a server through SFTP or SMTP.

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Figure 7-38 Creating tasks

Managing the task list

Users can modify, delete, and refresh scheduled report tasks.

Figure 7-39 Task list

Specifications
l A maximum of 24 tasks can be created.
l Daily, weekly, and monthly reports are exported at 05:00 every day, 09:00 every
Monday, and 13:00 on the first day of every month, respectively.
l All data can be exported if the report format is XLS or CSV. However, if the report
format is PDF, only the first 100 records can be exported.
l If SendMethod is set to local storage, the exported reports are saved to the NCE server
by default, and only the latest 30 files are reserved. If SendMethod is set to SMTP,
users can send the exported reports to multiple email boxes.

7.4.3.1.8 Object Management

With the object management function of NCE, users can select multiple objects of the same
type to collect and analyze their performance indicators within a period.

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Benefits
l NCE provides the object management function, which allows you to select performance
indicators of multiple resource objects of the same type within a specified period for
statistics collection and analysis.
l Maintenance Suite is provided for users to manage multiple objects and view
performance data or even the performance aggregation results of objects. The
aggregation results can be exported as a report. Maintenance Suite aggregates
performance data by area, service type, or device. For example, it can aggregate
performance data for multiple ports of the same device or in the same area. In addition,
Maintenance Suite allows users to flexibly set object layers for easily collecting and
querying performance data by layer.

Functions and GUIs

l Users can put objects of the same type into the same group and specify a period (15
minutes or 1 day), a time range, performance indicators, and an aggregation type (Sum,
Avg, Min, or Max) for the group to obtain aggregated values.
l Users can view and export the results.

Figure 7-40 Creating a group

Figure 7-41 Indicator analysis

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Specifications
l Groups can be queried, created, or deleted, and objects in the same group must be of the
same type.
l Users can modify group names but cannot modify resource types. During the
modification, all objects in the group are listed. Users can add or delete objects as
required.
l The performance data of groups can be browsed and exported to reports, but cannot be
saved to the database.

Table 7-18
Solution Resource Type

PTN solution PTN_NE

PTN_CP

L2Link

PTN_Ethernetport

PWTrail

OTN solution OTN_NE

OTN_CP

OTN_Ethernetport

L2Link

PWTrail

OTSTrail

IP RAN solution NE

CP

IpOpticalPort

IPLink

IPInterface

L2Link

7.4.3.1.9 TWAMP Quality Monitoring

NCE supports TWAMP tests, facilitating real-time mobile bearer network quality monitoring
and fault demarcation and locating.

Typical IP RAN Networking

A TWAMP test supports the following usage scenario:

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Real-time network quality monitoring and assistance in fault demarcation and locating:
A TWAMP test can be conducted between NEs to collect network performance data. Carriers
can deploy NCE to detect service quality change trends in a visualized manner to facilitate
fault demarcation and locating.
Figure 7-42 shows the typical networking schemes.

Figure 7-42 Real-time monitoring and fault demarcation and locating

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Table 7-19 NE deployment suggestions and service benefits

Usage NE Deployment Suggestion and Service Benefit
Scenario

Real-time ATN + CX solution: Deploy an NE on the CX or NE device connected to a

monitorin base station controller. Then initiate a TWAMP test from the RSG to CSG to
g and fault evaluate network quality between the base stations and their controllers in real
demarcati time.
on and NOTE
locating Either a CX or an NE device with the SNC board installed can serve as the TWAMP test
source, for example, NE40E V600R008C20.
This solution brings the following benefits to carriers:
l Provides service assurance in the case of important events or festivals:
With increase in social activities in recent years, telecom carriers concern
more about service continuity in the case of important events or festivals.
Carriers require that key targets be monitored in real time and faults be
detected in real time and located and rectified quickly.
l Monitors BTSs that require long-term monitoring in real time:
Monitor BTSs that are screened out during the TWAMP polling test.
Export alarms and analyze the average number of alarms and duration to
reduce the false alarm rate and detect faults in real time during monitoring.
In this way, faults can be located, demarcated, and rectified quickly.
l Monitors interfaces of the BTS peer devices in real time: Deploy the
TWAMP test on the interface connecting a core-layer device and a BTS
peer device to monitor the network in real time. Once a service quality
problem occurs on the transmission side, it can be detected in real time and
demarcated preliminarily.
l Monitors interfaces on L2-to-L3 devices in real time: Deploy the
TWAMP test on the interface connecting a core-layer device and an L2-to-
L3 device to monitor the network in real time. Once a service quality
problem occurs on an L3 device, it can be detected in real time and
demarcated preliminarily.

TWAMP Test Description

Basic Concepts
TWAMP: Two-Way Active Measurement Protocol, used to test the network quality indicators
such as jitter, packet loss rate, and delay from the source to the destination.
Principles
The TWAMP test process on NCE is as follows:
l An SNC-capable Huawei NE can function as the TWAMP test controller and client to
start a test and collect statistics.
l A TWAMP-capable device can function as the TWAMP server, which responds to test
packets only.

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Table 7-20 Requirements on TWAMP test source and destination ends

Device Type Support for the TWAMP Support for the TWAMP
Source End Destination End

SNC device (device with an Y N

SNC board installed)

Destination device IP N Y
address (TWAMP-capable
device)

Base station (TWAMP- N Y

capable base station)

IP device N Y

Table 7-21 Huawei Router Support for TWAMP

Version Device Type Boar Single- Dual- Reflecto Sender
d Stack Stack r Suppo
Typ Mode Mode Support rted or
e Support Suppor ed or Not
ed or ted or Not
Not Not

V200R005 ATN910(5130),ATN9 NA NA NA Y N
C00 10I,ATN910B,ATN9
50B(5131), ATN905

V200R006 ATN910(5130),ATN9 NA NA NA Y N
C00 10I,ATN910B,ATN9
50B(5131),ATN905

V300R002 ATN950C NA NA NA Y Y
C00 and
later
versions

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Version Device Type Boar Single- Dual- Reflecto Sender

d Stack Stack r Suppo
Typ Mode Mode Support rted or
e Support Suppor ed or Not
ed or ted or Not
Not Not

V600R008 CX600-X8/ CR5 NA NA Y The

C10 X16,NE40E-X8/X16 7LP packet-
U50 sending
B,C board
R53 only
LPU support
F50 s the
A,C SNC-A
R57 board.
LPU
F100
C,C
R57
LPU
F120
A,C
R57
LPU
F240
A,C
R57
LPU
F50
C

Table 7-22 Huawei ETN Support for TWAMP

Version Device Type Boar Single- Dual- Reflect Sender
d Stack Stack or Suppo
Typ Mode Mode Suppor rted or
e Support Suppor ted or Not
ed or ted or Not
Not Not

V200R006 ETN500 NA NA NA Y N
C22

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Table 7-23 Indicator Description

Indicator Description

Two way Rate of lost packets to transmitted packets on a link within a period.
Packet Loss
Ratio

Two way Time during which a source end sends a packet to the peer end and then
Delay receives a response from the peer end.

Two way Difference between two consecutive delays for packets to reach the same
Jitter destination.

One-way Rate of lost packets to transmitted packets on a link from the source to the
Packet Loss destination or from the destination to the source within a period.
Ratio

One-way Time required from sending a packet by the source to receiving the packet
Delay by the destination or sending an acknowledgment packet by the destination
to receiving the acknowledgment packet by the source.

One-way Delay change from the source to the destination or from the destination to
Jitter the source.

MOS A test to obtain users' view of the network quality. The MOS provides a
numerical indication of the perceived quality from the users' perspective of
received media and is expressed as a single number in the range of 1 to 5,
where 1 indicates the lowest perceived quality, and 5 indicates the highest
perceived quality. The voice quality based on E-Model calculation.

R-Value A 100-score system to measure the voice quality based on E-Model

calculation, considering the network impairment factors. The R-Value is a
number ranging from 0 to 100, where 0 indicates the lowest voice quality,
and 100 indicates the highest voice quality.

Error Indicates the number of error packets detected during transmission.

Packets

Specifications
The following lists the specifications supported by TWAMP-based IP RAN quality
monitoring:
l Viewing real-time performance data
The real-time performance data obtained from a TWAMP test can be displayed in a line
chart to help users learn the current service quality.

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Figure 7-43 Viewing real-time performance data

l Viewing historical performance data

Users can specify a time range to view the historical performance data of a TWAMP test,
helping users obtain the historical service quality, as well as indicators when the quality
is abnormal.

Figure 7-44 Viewing historical performance data

l Generating and exporting a TWAMP quality report

Statistics are collected for TWAMP test indicators, such as the delay, jitter, and packet
loss rate. A quality report can be generated or exported every 15 minutes, hour, day,
week, month, or year.

Figure 7-45 TWAMP quality report

l Generating a regional quality map

Statistics about TWAMP test indicators such as the delay, jitter, and packet loss rate can
be collected by region, helping users obtain the indicator quality distribution and detect
regions that require special attentions.

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Figure 7-46 Regional quality map

l Supporting three quality reports

– Network alarm statistics report: Collects statistics about base station service
quality alarms (delay, jitter, and packet loss rate) to help users know base stations
with deteriorated service quality and the deterioration duration.
– Base station IP address usage report: Collects statistics about whether a base
station is reachable to help users know IP address usage of base stations in
difference regions.
– Network performance statistics report: Collects statistics about regional network
KPIs to provide a clear view of region ranks, which helps users detect service
bottlenecks.
l Supporting important event monitoring
In the case of performance monitoring for important events, users expect to monitor
specific network resources in a smaller granularity. NCE allows users to customize
dashboards so that they can create monitoring tasks to monitor key resources and
indicators.
l Supporting one-time test, continuous test, and large buffer test
– One-time test only supports real-time collection and viewing of performance data.
– Continuous test supports test period configuration as well as collection and
viewing of historical performance data.
– Large buffer test is a high-precision TWAMP test initiated by a PTN 7900 to test
performance (packet loss rate and number of lost packets) of a device transmitting
heavy traffic. A PTN 7900 supports only one large buffer test at a time, with the
packet sending interval of 0.1 ms and sending period of less than 3 minutes. Loop
detection can be enabled only when the destination is a Huawei PTN device.
l Supporting unified alarm management
For various indicators, users can set thresholds for different severities of alarms. If the
values of network or service indicators exceed the preset thresholds during the TWAMP
test, alarms are generated.
l Exporting TWAMP performance data through the performance text NBI
The data dictionary is provided, allowing TWAMP performance data to be exported
through the performance text NBI for interconnection with a third-party system.

7.4.3.1.10 Trace Test

NCE supports a trace test, during which the hop-by-hop path from the source to the
destination can be detected on a specific network, helping users detect or restore a service
path.

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Function Overview
During a trace test, packets with different time to live (TTL) are sent to the destination to
determine the IP address, packet loss rate, and delay of each hop on the path.
Trace Test DescriptionThe following tables describe the related indicators, source and
destination ends, and version mapping of trace tests.

Table 7-24 Trace test indicators

Indicator Description

Packet loss Ratio of the number of lost packets on each hop to the total number of
ratio packets transmitted on the forwarding path from the source to the
destination within a period of time.

Delay Time required for each intermediate device to respond when a packet is sent
along the forwarding path from the source device to the destination device.

Trace Test Description

Table 7-25 Requirements on trace test source and destination ends

Device Type Function as Trace Test Function as Trace Test
Source Destination

IP address (IP address of a N Y

device, an interface, or a
BTS)

SNC Y N

Specifications
The following lists the specifications supported by network quality evaluation based on trace
tests:
l Viewing historical performance data
To learn the quality of a service path, users can view the historical performance data and
check the IP address, packet loss rate, and average two-way delay of each hop.
l Supporting periodical testing
The test period can be set to 5min, 10min, 15min, 20min, 30min, 1h, 6h, 12h, 24h, 2d,
or 7d to facilitate periodical tests of a service path.

7.4.3.1.11 ATN+CX Network Path Restoration and Fault Diagnosis

In ATN+CX networking mode, alarms displayed in the physical topology trigger path
restoration from the source interface to the destination interface. After hop-by-hop diagnosis
is performed for the restored paths, the TWAMP indicators (delay, jitter and packet loss rate)
of devices are obtained for fault diagnosis, helping O&M personnel learn the current alarm
conditions and locate faults.

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Function Overview
NCE utilizes the path restoration function triggered by TWAMP tests to help carriers achieve
the following:
l Discover and restore hop-by-hop service paths from the alarm source to the alarm
destination.
l Based on the restored service paths, read indicators of existing or on-demand TWAMP
tests hop by hop; implement hop-by-hop fault diagnosis based on the test results.
Figure 7-47 shows the typical networking scheme.

Figure 7-47 Typical networking scheme

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Table 7-26 Path restoration and fault diagnosis

Scenario Category Description

Path restoration Proactive path restoration 1. The SNC initiates a

NOTE (initiated from the SNC) proactive TWAMP test
Path restoration supports case, and the SNC
hierarchy VPN (H-VPN) and interface at the test case
mixed VPN networking source end works as the
scenarios. Hierarchical design
source interface for path
is adopted from the CSG to the
RSG and applies to large-scale restoration.
networks. 2. The CSG destination
l In the H-VPN scheme, a interface is found based
hierarchical L3VPN needs on the destination device
to be established to type at the TWAMP test
completely isolate all case destination.
access rings and
aggregation rings at the NOTE
protocol layer. Intra-ring l If the test case
link or node faults are destination is a base
synchronized to NCE only station, select the CSG
inside the area where rings router interface
reside. Devices outside the connected to the base
ring do not detect the station as the
faults. The protocol layer destination interface.
can support 100,000 or
l If the test case
more rings.
destination is an ATN
l The mixed VPN scheme NE, select the ATN
applies to mobile bearer NE interface at the
projects where TWAMP test case
independent O&M is destination as the
performed for access rings destination interface.
and aggregation rings. The
characteristic is that the 3. The interface
access Ethernet and low- information is reported
speed service bearer to NCE for IP RAN path
modes are consistent. restoration.
4. The NCE obtains H-
VPN paths after
restoration from the
U2000 and displays them
to users in the physical
topology.

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Scenario Category Description

Fault diagnosis Proactive path restoration Check whether the hop-by-

(initiated from the SNC) hop destination device in the
NOTE H-VPN path obtained
Only TWAMP test indicators through path restoration has
are supported. an IP address.
l If the hop-by-hop
destination device has an
IP address, search for the
existing TWAMP test
case based on the source
NE interface IP address,
VRF, source device ID,
and destination device IP
address, and accumulate
the result data in the last
two hours.
l If the hop-by-hop
destination device does
not have an IP address,
search for the existing
TWAMP test case based
on the source NE device
ID and destination
device ID, and
accumulate the result
data in the last 15
minutes.
NOTE
The hop-by-hop
destination device
indicates the ingress
interface of the NE in the
H-VPN path restored by
NCE.
In the H-VPN path
restored by NCE, the
devices between the RSG
and the CSG are P devices.
Except the RSG ingress
interface and the CSG
egress interface, the
ingress interfaces of the P
devices have no IP
address.

Diagnosis Test Indicator Description

ATN+CX quality diagnosis supports TWAMP tests. The following tables describe the related
indicators, source and destination ends, and version mapping.

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Table 7-27 TWAMP indicators

Indicator Description

Packet loss Ratio of the number of discarded packets to the total number of packets
rate transmitted within a period.

Delay Time used by a packet to be transmitted from the source to the destination.

Jitter Variation between delays of two continuous packets towards the same
destination.

Table 7-28 Requirements on TWAMP test source and destination ends

Device Type Function as TWAMP Function as TWAMP
Source Destination

Device IP (TWAMP-capable Y N
device)

Destination device IP N Y
address (TWAMP-capable
device)

TWAMP-capable base N Y
station

Specifications
The following describes the specifications supported by ATN+CX quality path restoration and
fault diagnosis:
l A TWAMP test case alarm can trigger path restoration and fault diagnosis.
If a TWAMP test case with the source of a NE generates an alarm, click the alarm device
in the physical topology. In the quality alarm panel displayed in the right pane, manually
trigger path restoration and fault diagnosis to help fault analysis.
l Hop-by-hop fault information collection is supported.
Fault diagnosis is implemented based on the restored path, and performance indicator
values are accumulated. The fault information is displayed on each hop of the path,
including the link traffic, optical power, and queue packet loss rate. The lower pane of
each hop of the path provides a report tab page to display detailed indicators.

7.4.3.1.12 IP Network Path Restoration and Fault Diagnosis

In case an alarm is generated in a TWAMP test initiated by an NE with an SNC board
installed, NCE supports manual triggering of a trace test for service path restoration as well as
hop-by-hop fault diagnosis through a TWAMP test, helping fault demarcating and locating.

Function Overview
Path restoration brings the following benefits to carriers:

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Based on the restored service paths, read indicators of existing or on-demand TWAMP tests
hop by hop; implement hop-by-hop fault diagnosis based on the test results.

Table 7-29 Fault diagnosis rules

Usage Rule Description
Scenario

Fault After path restoration is complete, a hop-by-hop diagnosis test can be

diagnosis performed only on a Layer 3 network.
Hop-by-hop diagnosis rule for Layer 3 devices:
Check whether any TWAMP test cases use a Layer 3 device as the
destination. If yes, obtain the latest result reported in the last 15 minutes.

Diagnosis Test Indicator Description

IP network quality diagnosis supports TWAMP tests. The following tables describe the
related indicators, source and destination ends, and version mapping.

Table 7-30 ICMP jitter and TWAMP indicators

Indicator Description

Packet loss Ratio of the number of discarded packets to the total number of packets
rate transmitted within a period.

Delay Time used by a packet to be transmitted from the source to the destination.

Jitter Variation between delays of two continuous packets towards the same
destination.

Table 7-31 Requirements on TWAMP test source and destination ends

Device Type Function as TWAMP Function as TWAMP
Source Destination

Device with an SNC board Y N

installed

Destination device IP N Y
(TWAMP-capable device)

TWAMP-capable base N Y
station

Specifications
The following describes the specifications supported by IP network quality path restoration
and fault diagnosis:

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A TWAMP test case alarm can trigger path restoration and fault diagnosis.

If a TWAMP test case with the source of an NE generates an alarm, click the alarm device in
the physical topology. In the quality alarm panel displayed in the right pane, manually trigger
path restoration and fault diagnosis to help fault analysis.

7.4.3.2 IP Network Optimization

This section describes the features provided by NCE in the IP network optimization solution.

7.4.3.2.1 Performance Overview

NCE can display content, including the topology and monitoring indicators, on dashboards in
a user-defined manner, helping users view the current network running status and learn the
links with heavy loads for traffic optimization reference.

The dashboard provides a topology view to clearly display the traffic situations of network-
wide links and displays top 10 link TX bandwidth usage as well as top 10 tunnel rates.

7.4.3.2.2 Traffic Monitoring

The IP network optimization solution provides performance reports for IP links. These reports
enable users to view and analyze the traffic status of IP links on GUIs and provide guidance
for network optimization.

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Specifications
Report Function

In Direction Custom Flow Report l Displays basic information such as the

names and traversed NEs of inbound
custom flows.
l Collects performance data such as traffic
rates to help users learn traffic situations
and optimize traffic.
l Drills down to the flow link report.

Out Direction Custom Flow Report l Displays basic information such as the
names and traversed NEs of outbound
custom flows.
l Collects performance data such as traffic
rates to help users learn traffic situations
and optimize traffic.
l Drills down to the flow link report.

IP Link Traffic Report l Collects performance data, such as the

inbound/outbound bandwidth usage,
inbound/outbound traffic rate, and
inbound/outbound peak traffic rate of the
links on IP networks, helping users
quickly learn the traffic status of links to
locate links with heavy loads and
support network optimization.

TE Tunnel Traffic Report l Collects the average, maximum, and

minimum traffic of TE tunnels, helping
users implement visualized management
for TE tunnel traffic and source and sink
ends and view the historical trends.

Typical Reports
The following figure shows the typical reports provided in the IP network optimization
solution.

7.4.3.2.3 Manual Optimization

In the IP network optimization solution, NCE allows users to manually optimize specified
flows and paths.

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Implementation Principles
l Outbound traffic optimization
Users can specify the service flow to be optimized and the next-hop information on the
egress device to divert the traffic to idle links. In addition, users can set up a dedicated
link for VIP users to ensure the bandwidth.
l Inbound traffic optimization
Users can specify the service flow to be optimized and the routing attribute on the MAN
egress device to modify the priority of the route advertised by the MAN egress device to
the backbone device and divert the traffic to idle links on the MAN.

Functions and GUIs

NCE displays the whole optimization page with a navigation pane on the left, a topology in
the middle, and optimization objects on the right, where:

l Users can select a link in the topology to automatically filter custom flows that traverse
the link (the flows are displayed in the list on the right).
l Users can select a flow in the list of custom flows to display the link through which the
flow passes.
l The topology displays the situation that the link traffic exceeds the threshold, link status
(up/down), and NE status.
l Users can select inbound and outbound custom flows or top N flows for optimization.

Specifications
l Traffic optimization can be implemented for top N flows only after they are configured
as custom flows.
l A maximum of 50 outbound flows can be selected for optimization, and inbound flows
do not support batch optimization.

7.4.3.3 MPLS Network Optimization

This section describes the features provided by NCE in the MPLS network optimization
solution.

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7.4.3.3.1 Performance Overview

NCE can display content, including the topology and monitoring indicators, on dashboards in
a user-defined manner, helping users view the current network running status and learn the
links with heavy loads for traffic optimization reference.

The dashboard provides a topology view to clearly display the traffic situations of network-
wide links and displays top 10 link TX bandwidth usage as well as top 10 tunnel rates.

7.4.3.3.2 Traffic Monitoring

The MPLS network optimization solution provides performance reports for TE tunnels and IP
links. These reports enable users to view and analyze the traffic and quality statuses of TE
tunnels and IP links on GUIs and provide guidance for network optimization.

Specifications
The following table lists the reports supported by the MPLS network optimization solution.

Report Function

IP Link Traffic Report Collects the traffic rate and bandwidth usage
of IP links, helping users quickly locate
interfaces with heavy loads.

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Report Function

IP Link Quality Report Collects the delay, jitter, and packet loss rate
of IP links, helping users quickly identify
the interfaces with the heaviest load.

TE Tunnel Traffic Report Collects the traffic of TE tunnels, helping

users implement visualized management for
TE tunnel traffic and view the historical
trends.

TE Tunnel Convergence Traffic Report Displays the point-to-point traffic statistics,

helping users implement visualized
management for traffic among different
areas and view historical traffic.

Typical Reports
The following figure shows the typical reports provided in the IP network optimization
solution.

7.4.3.3.3 Manual Optimization

In the MPLS network optimization solution, NCE allows users to analyze network status and
manually optimize specified tunnels.

Implementation Principles
SNMP is used to collect 5-minute traffic of IP links and TE tunnels. The Controller
periodically obtains tunnel traffic of the entire network from the Analyzer for path
computation reference. During optimization, the Analyzer applies the selected link or tunnel
to the Controller for path computation, and displays the path computation result to users for
confirmation. Users can evaluate the optimization effect based on the comparison result
(tunnel path and link traffic changes) before and after path computation and network traffic
distribution to determine whether to perform optimization. If users choose to perform
optimization, the Controller modifies the LSP route on the router to optimize the network
traffic. Through traffic collection, path computation, and network optimization, the traffic
distribution of the network is optimal.

Functions and GUIs

NCE displays Tunnel List in the left pane and a network-wide topology in the right pane. The
left pane clearly shows the details about tunnels, and the right pane shows the network status,
which enables users to learn the link and device status.

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After measuring the link delay using TWAMP, NCE can apply the delay to the Controller
during link resource management. Then the Controller implements optimization based on the
link delay.

Manual optimization involves two modes:

l Partial optimization: If congestion occurs on a local subnet, perform optimization on the

local subnet. This optimization does not affect the entire network.
l Global optimization: If the traffic on the entire network is unbalanced, perform global
optimization.

Figure 7-48 Manual optimization page for the MPLS network optimization solution

Figure 7-49 Link delay configuration page for the MPLS network optimization solution

Specifications
The specifications of manual adjustment are as follows:

l NCE supports concurrent manual optimization for a maximum of 50 tunnels.

l During optimization, NCE applies only the current bandwidth of LSPs and tunnels to the
Controller, and the Controller then computes optimization paths.
l The optimization path results computed by the Controller are displayed in the topology
view in the right pane. The solid line indicates the primary LSP, and the dashed line
indicates the backup LSP.

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7.4.3.3.4 Automatic Optimization

NCE monitors the traffic of network-wide links or tunnels based on configured policies and
automatically optimizes tunnels that meet requirements.

Implementation Principles
SNMP is used to collect 5-minute traffic of IP links and TE tunnels. The Controller
periodically obtains tunnel traffic of the entire network from the Analyzer for path
computation reference. During optimization, the Analyzer applies the selected link or tunnel
to the Controller for path computation, and displays the path computation result to users for
confirmation. Users can evaluate the optimization effect based on the comparison result
(tunnel path and link traffic changes) before and after path computation and network traffic
distribution to determine whether to perform optimization. If users choose to perform
optimization, the Controller modifies the LSP route on the router to optimize the network
traffic. Through traffic collection, path computation, and network optimization, the traffic
distribution of the network is optimal.

Automatic Optimization Policy and GUI

In the MPLS network optimization solution, automatic optimization belongs to partial
optimization, which does not affect the entire system. Two automatic optimization modes are
supported:
l Automatic optimization and manual confirmation
Paths are automatically computed if automatic optimization conditions are met.
However, manual confirmation is required for the results to be applied and take effect.
l Automatic optimization and confirmation
Paths are automatically computed and take effect if automatic optimization conditions
are met. No manual intervention is required.
Figure 1-1 Automatic optimization policy setting page

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Automatic Optimization Result Representation

In automatic optimization and manual confirmation mode, users can view the path
computation results and triggering cause on the automatic optimization page and determine
whether to apply the results to make them take effect.
For manual global re-optimization, users can view and confirm the path computation results
on the automatic optimization page.

7.4.3.3.5 Optimization History Playback

NCE can record historical optimization operations, results, and triggering cause and display
them on GUIs.

Functions and GUIs

NCE can display the comparison results of paths before and after optimization.
NCE can display the comparison results of link traffic before and after optimization.

Optimization Record Specifications

The specifications of traffic optimization records are as follows:

l A maximum of the latest 1000 optimization records can be retained.

l Historical records are generated only after the optimization is successful

7.4.3.3.6 Maintenance Window

NCE allows users to set maintenance policies for desired NEs and links. In the maintenance
period, NCE will generate new service tunnel paths that bypass the maintained NEs and links.

GUI
Figure 1-1 Maintenance policy page

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Maintenance Policy Specifications

l When the start time of a maintenance policy is reached, a pop-up window is displayed to
remind users to manually start the policy.
l The maintenance policy can maintain only the tunnels that are entrusted to the
Controller. Other non-MPLS tunnels or tunnels that are not entrusted to the Controller
cannot be processed. Determine tunnel types before NE or link maintenance.

7.4.3.4 Telemetry Collection

Telemetry is a technology developed to fast collect data from physical or virtual devices
remotely. Devices periodically send information such as interface traffic statistics, CPU data,
and memory data to the collector in push mode. Compared with the traditional pull mode
(question-answer interaction), the push mode provides more real-time and high-speed data
collection.

Compared with other collection methods, telemetry collection can be used on larger networks
and completed in a shorter period.

Specifications
Table 7-32 provides the specifications of IP analysis reports.

Table 7-32 Specifications of telemetry analysis reports

Report Resour Report Name and Function
Type ce

Basic NE NE Health Report:

Traffic Collects the performance indicators (such as CPU usage and
Report memory usage) of NEs based on subnets, helping users quickly
locate NEs with the heaviest load.

Board Board Health Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the CPU usage and
memory usage) of boards based on subnets, helping users quickly
identify the boards with the heaviest load.

Service QoS Template Traffic Report:

Collects indicators (such as the number of discarded packets and
the packet rate) in the basic HQoS queue (based on QoS profiles)
and the packet rate in the total traffic queue (based on QoS
profiles), helping users analyze the network congestion condition.

TE Tunnel Traffic Report:

Collects traffic data of TE services, such as the maximum,
minimum, and average traffic rate, as well as the maximum,
minimum, and average packet rate.

Port Universal Interface Traffic Report:

Collects the performance indicators (such as the traffic rate and
bandwidth usage) of IP ports, helping users quickly identify the
interfaces with the heaviest load.

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Report Resour Report Name and Function

Type ce

Link IGP Link Traffic Report:

Collects performance indicators of IGP links, such as the traffic
rate and bandwidth utilization, helping users quickly locate
interfaces with heavy loads.

Version Mapping
NE Version

NE40E V800R010C10 and later versions

7.4.4 Private Line Analysis and Assurance

The Private Line Analysis and Assurance app uses big data analysis to help users monitor the
E2E SLAs of private line services in real time and analyze deteriorated SLAs. Users can take
actions, such as evaluation, troubleshooting, prevention, and prediction, to proactively assure
private line SLAs.
The Private Line Analysis and Assurance app helps users monitor private lines after the
private lines are provisioned through NCE (Super).
At present, the app supports the IP RAN enterprise interconnection private line and IP RAN
+VXLAN cloud private line scenarios.

Features
The Private Line Analysis and Assurance app focuses on the objects on NCE (Super). For
example, the app manages only E2E and segmented services. It does not process internal
service details. It locates the problem management domains, not resources in the management
domains.
The app is divided into two parts: analysis and perception. Analysis is the basis. Perception
can work independently.
The app functions include:
l TP and CPE monitoring
NCE (IP Domain) or uTraffic is informed to monitor the TP and CPE indicators over a
northbound interface (NBI), and then sends the monitoring results to NCE (Super)
through Kafka.
l Private line SLA monitoring
The app sends requests for E2E private line SLA monitoring. It automatically selects
TWAMP or Y.1731 and notifies NCE (IP Domain) or uTraffic of test case creation,
through NBIs. NCE (IP Domain) or uTraffic reports the test results to NCE (Super)
through Kafka.
l Private line availability monitoring

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If the packet loss rate of a private line is above the threshold in SLA detection results, the
app considers the private line unavailable and calculates its availability.
l Private line fault demarcation
Through path restoration, the app displays each hop of a private line. It can perform PW
Trace, LSP Trace, or IP Trace tests to detect the connectivity of each hop. In addition, it
shows the traffic and CPU or memory usage of devices on each hop, which facilitates
fault demarcation.

Key Performance Indicators

The following table lists the key performance indicators (KPIs) of the Private Line Analysis
and Assurance app.

Table 7-33 KPIs of the Private Line Analysis and Assurance app
Resource Type KPI Description

Tenant Number of private Number of private lines whose availability

lines whose exceeds the threshold defined in the contract.
availability exceeds
the threshold

Number of private Number of private lines whose SLAs exceed the

lines whose SLAs threshold defined in the contract.
exceed the threshold

Private line Private line Ratio of the available time to the statistics time
availability of a private line.

Private line SLA Delay, packet loss, and jitter of a private line.

Traffic rate Total traffic rate of all links used by a private

line.

CPE CPU usage CPU usage of private lines NE.

Memory usage Memory usage of private lines NE.

TP Traffic rate Inbound and outbound traffic rates of a private

line interface.

Bandwidth usage Ratio of the traffic rate of a private line

interface or CIR bandwidth.

Functions and GUIs

l Tenant analysis
Tenant analysis provides the following functions:
– Displaying the alarm information of all inter-site links
– Displaying the traffic and quality trends of links
– Detecting link connectivity and quality
– Displaying the basic attributes and key SLAs of tenants

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– Displaying the availability statistics, SLA threshold-crossing statistics, and capacity

expansion statistics of tenants
– Displaying the KPI trends of tenants
– Listing all the private lines under each tenant
– Listing all the CPEs under each tenant

Figure 7-50 Tenant Analysis page

l Private line analysis

Private line analysis provides the following functions:
– Displaying the alarm information of all inter-site links
– Displaying the traffic and quality trends of links
– Detecting link connectivity and quality
– Displaying the basic attributes and key SLAs of private lines
– Displaying the KPI trends of private lines
– Listing all the CPEs under each private line

Figure 7-51 Private Line Analysis page

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l CPE analysis
CPE analysis provides the following functions:
– Displaying the alarm information of CPEs
– Displaying the basic attributes, CPU usage, and memory usage of CPEs
– Displaying the KPI trends of CPEs
– Lists all the TPs under each CPE

Figure 7-52 CPE Analysis page

l Availability analysis
Availability analysis provides the following functions:
– Reflecting the availability fulfillment rate (Number of tenants with normal
availability/Total number of tenants)
– Filtering data by time range or tenant
– Displaying the tenant and private line availability rankings, listing all interruption
records, and associating tenants with private lines
– Drilling down to tenant and private line details

Figure 7-53 Availability Analysis page

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l SLA analysis
SLA analysis provides the following functions:
– Reflecting the SLA fulfillment rate (Number of tenants with normal SLAs/Total
number of tenants)
– Displaying the SLA exceeding times in each area
– Filtering data by time range or tenant
– Drilling down to tenant and private line details

Figure 7-54 SLA Analysis page

7.4.5 What-If Analysis

In the network simulation analysis field, what-if analysis simulates possible network changes
(such as device/link faults and flow changes) and analyzes the impact of these changes on
services. This helps O&M personnel understand the fault impact scope, risks of flow changes,
and control path calculation simulation results after TE tunnel parameters are changed, and
formulate necessary solutions to improve service reliability.

NOTE

What-if analysis is implemented in compliance with RFC standards. Simulation results (routes) may
differ from the actual routes.

The key functions of what-if analysis are topology restoration, traffic modeling and
simulation, and fault simulation.

Topology Restoration
By interconnecting with Manager and Controller, what-if analysis obtains data such as
topology inventory data, device configurations, and tunnel path computation constraints. Then
it parses and restores topology information to provide basic network data as the input of what-
if analysis.

The topology view provides the following functions:

l Displays Layer 3 and physical-layer topology information.

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l Supports basic topology management, such as adjusting the layout, displaying the
topology in full-screen mode, and saving the topology view.
l Displays topology statistics, including the quantities of nodes and links.

Figure 7-55 Topology view restored by what-if analysis

Table 7-34 Functions of the topology view

Icon Function Description

Layout Adjusts the topology layout. The following layout modes are
supported:
l Balanced layout: All NEs are evenly distributed on the
page, and the locations of the NEs are proper.
l Circle layout: All NEs are arranged in a circle in the
topology view. This mode is unavailable when there are
more than 200 NEs.
l Layered layout: NEs are layered as they are connected.
The NEs at the top layer (first layer) can be manually
specified or automatically assigned. The NEs directly
connected to those at the first layer are put at the second
layer, the NEs directly connected to those at the second
layer are put at the third layer, and so on.

Recenter Automatically resizes all NEs in the topology view and

displays them in the center of the screen.

Save Saves the coordinate changes made in the topology view.

l This icon is available when changes have been made.
l This icon is dimmed if no change has been made.

Full Screen Displays the topology view in full-screen mode.

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Icon Function Description

Parse Log Views topology parsing logs, including data sources, time,
parsing results (successful or failed), statistics, and details.
Statistics include the numbers of created NEs, and links,
number of NEs that are parsed abnormally, and number of
NEs that fail to be parsed. Users can click For more detail
to learn the failure causes, such as invalid data or failure to
obtain services.

What-if analysis provides topology statistics, including the quantities of nodes and links.

Figure 7-56 Topology statistics

Traffic Simulation
Traffic simulation: simulates service traffic when the network is normal or abnormal (for
example, links or nodes are faulty). From the traffic simulation results, users can learn the
changes on service paths, link utilization, and services on each link.
Route simulation: simulates IGP, BGP, and TE, the system analyzes route computation of IP
devices, and generates protocol routes and forwarding routes of the devices. Route simulation
must be performed before traffic simulation.

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NOTE

Reason why route simulation must be performed before traffic simulation: The major function of
traffic simulation is to quickly calculate E2E service paths and the load on each link based on the
forwarding tables maintained by routes (What-if analysis supports load overlaying for original links and
calculation of Layer 2 protocol header, Layer 3 protocol header, frame header, and frame trailer costs).
During traffic simulation, what-if analysis simulates routing table query behavior on the forwarding
plane of an IP network based on the route simulation results (a routing table on each router) to obtain a
complete path to the destination IP address hop by hop. The major purpose of route simulation is to
generate routing and forwarding tables. Therefore, route simulation must be performed before traffic
simulation.

Traffic simulation provides the following functions:

l Supports simulation based on flow and load data.
l Allows users to set the simulation time, period, and data source processing mode as
required.
l Supports route simulation and traffic simulation based on the BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, and
MPLS-TE protocol.
l Visualizes the simulation process, such as the route or traffic simulation progress.

Figure 7-57 Simulation parameters

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Figure 7-58 Visualized simulation process (route simulation)

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Figure 7-59 Visualized simulation process (traffic simulation)

Flow and load data sources:

l Synchronizes load data of physical and tunnel interfaces from Analyzer.
l Allows users to manually enter in the flow template provided by the system and then
imported to what-if analysis.
NOTE

The major differences between flow data and load data are as follows:
l Flow data: E2E service traffic data, including the IP addresses of source and destination
devices, and traffic volume.
l Load data: throughput data of each interface in a certain period.

Fault Simulation Analysis

In the topology view, users can select target NEs or links, simulate faults on them, and
perform route and traffic simulation before and after faults occur to evaluate and analyze the
service traffic interruptions, delay changes, link load threshold crossing, and changes to tunnel
paths, delays, and hop quantities.

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What-if analysis results include:

l Load traffic maps before and after faults occur, helping users identify overloaded links
after the faults occur

Figure 7-60 Load traffic maps

l Changes to the flows carried on links or TE tunnels before and after faults occur, helping
users check whether the flows carried on key links have changed

Figure 7-61 Flows carried on a link before a fault occurs

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Figure 7-62 Flows carried on a link after a fault occurs

l Flow service path changes before and after faults occur

Figure 7-63 Flow service path comparison

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Figure 7-64 Flow service path before faults occur

Figure 7-65 Flow service path after faults occur

l Tunnel path changes before and after faults occur

Figure 7-66 Tunnel path comparison

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Figure 7-67 Tunnel path before faults occur

Figure 7-68 Tunnel path after faults occur

l Fault statistics reports on the UI or in Excel, which contain the numbers of flow changes,
flow interruptions, tunnel interruptions, load changes, and number of overloaded links
caused by faults.

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Table 7-35 Reports

Report Content Function

Summary l Flow Statistics: collects Clearly understand the

statistics on the flows network risks caused by
that are not changed after faults.
faults, flows with
changes of paths, delays,
or hop count, and
unroutable flows.
l Tunnel Statistics:
collects statistics on the
tunnels that are not
changed after faults,
tunnels with changes of
paths, delays, or hop
count, and unroutable
tunnels.
l Load Statistics: collects
statistics on the loads
whose bandwidth usage
does not exceed the
preset threshold before
faults but exceeds the
threshold after the faults,
loads whose bandwidth
usage is not changed,
and loads whose
bandwidth usage is
changed but does not
exceed the threshold.
NOTE
50% in Exceeded threshold
(50%, changed) is the preset
load threshold, which is
configurable. If the threshold
is set to 80%, the system
displays Exceeded threshold
(80%, changed) (Bandwidth
utilization is less than 80%
before a fault and is greater
than 80% after the fault).

Flows Flow status (interrupted, Evaluate the impact of faults

changed, and unchanged), on services based on flow
hop count changes, delay, changes (actual service
reachability, failure causes, changes). Evaluate fault
forwarding path, and other risks based on the impact
information. scope and service
importance.

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Report Content Function

Tunnels Tunnel name, source and Evaluate the impact of faults

sink IP addresses, tunnel on tunnels based on tunnel
type, reachability, failure changes. Evaluate fault risks
cause, hop count, delay, based on the impact scope
status, and other and tunnel importance.
information.

Loads Device name, interface Check for link congestion

name, bandwidth, based on load changes
bandwidth utilization before caused by flow changes
and after a fault, status, and after a fault to help make
other information. decision in link capacity
expansion and device
migration.

Failed Objects Failure type, object, View details about

subtype, description, and configured fault points.
other information.

Performance Indicators
What-if analysis supports the following performance indicators.

Table 7-36 What-if analysis performance indicators

Indicator Maximum Value

Total number of equivalent NEs 6000

Total number of equivalent routes 40 million

Total number of flows 100,000

Total number of links 30,000

Period of load data that can be synchronized 7 days

Number of fault points that can be created 50

Duration of fault simulation analysis < 1 hour

Number of users who can concurrently 1

perform fault analysis

Number of users who can concurrently view 5

analysis results

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NOTE

The formula for calculating the number of equivalent routes is as follows:

Number of equivalent routes = Number of preferred routes x Equivalent

coefficient
ProtocolType = {Direct, Static, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, VPN, FIB}
The equivalent coefficient varies depending on the protocol type. For details, see Table 7-37.
For example, if there are 10,000 direct routes (equivalent coefficient 1), 20,000 static routes (equivalent
coefficient 1), 100,000 OSPF routes (equivalent coefficient 1.5), 30,000 IS-IS routes (equivalent
coefficient 1.5), 20,000 BGP routes (equivalent coefficient 1.6), 150,000 VPN routes (equivalent
coefficient 1.6), and 50,000 FIB routes (equivalent coefficient 1), then the number of equivalent routes is
calculated as follows:
Number of equivalent routes = 10,000 x 1 + 20,000 x 1 + 100,000 x 1.5 + 30,000 x 1.5 + 20,000 x 1.6
+ 150,000 x 1.6 + 50,000 x 1 = 547,000

Table 7-37 Equivalent coefficients for different protocols

Protocol Type Equivalent Coefficient

Direct 1

Static 1

OSPF 1.5

IS-IS 1.5

BGP 1.6

VPN 1.6

FIB 1

Version Requirements
What-if analysis has the following application limitations:
l Applies only to the single-AS scenario on an IP network and applies only to the IP Core
and ATN+CX IP RAN networking scenarios.
l Does not support IPv6, multicast, SR-BE, EVPN, and VXLAN scenarios.
l Does not support the networking of third-party devices.
l Does not support subnets.
Table 7-38 lists the device types and their versions supported by What-if analysis.

Table 7-38 Supported device types

Device Type Device Subtype Device Version

ATN910C ATN910C-A V300R003C10

ATN910C-B V300R003C10
ATN910C-D V300R003C10

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Device Type Device Subtype Device Version

ATN950C ATN950C V300R003C10

ATN 910B ATN 910B-F AC V300R003C10

ATN 910B-F DC V300R003C10
ATN 910B-E AC V300R003C10
ATN 910B-D AC V300R003C10
ATN 910B-D DC V300R003C10
ATN 910B-B V300R003C10
ATN 910B-A V300R003C10

ATN905 ATN905(V8) AC V300R003C10

ATN905(V8) DC V300R003C10

NE40E NE40E-4 V600R009C50

NE40E-8 V600R009C50
NE40E-16 V600R009C50
NE40E-X1 V600R009C50
NE40E-X2 V600R009C50
NE40E-X3 V600R009C50
NE40E-X8 V600R009C50
NE40E-X16 V600R009C50
NE40E-X16A V600R009C50
NE80E V600R009C30

CX600 CX600-4 V600R009C50

CX600-8 V600R009C50
CX600-16 V600R009C50
CX600-X1 V600R009C50
CX600-X2 V600R009C50
CX600-X3 V600R009C50
CX600-X8 V600R009C50
CX600-X16 V600R009C50
CX600-X3 V600R009C50
CX600-X8 V600R009C50
CX600-X16 V600R009C50
CX600-X3-DO V600R009C50
CX600-X8-DO V600R009C50
CX600-X16-DO V600R009C50

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Device Type Device Subtype Device Version

NE40E NE40E-M2E Outside China V800R010C10

NE40E-M2F Outside China V800R010C10
NE40E-M2H Outside China V800R010C10
NE40E-X1-M4 V800R010C10
NE40E-X2-M8 V800R010C10
NE40E-X2-M16 V800R010C10
NE40E-X3 V800R010C10
NE40E-X3A V800R010C10
NE40E-X8 V800R010C10
NE40E-X8A V800R010C10
NE40E-X16 V800R010C10
NE40E-X16A V800R010C10
NE40E-X2-M8A V800R010C10
NE40E-X2-M16A V800R010C10
NE40E-M2K V800R010C10

CX600 CX600-M2E Outside China V800R010C10

CX600-M2F Outside China V800R010C10
CX600-M2H Outside China V800R010C10
CX600-X1-M4 V800R010C10
CX600-X2-M8 V800R010C10
CX600-X2-M16 V800R010C10
CX600-X3 V800R010C10
CX600-X3A V800R010C10
CX600-X8 V800R010C10
CX600-X8A V800R010C10
CX600-X2-M8A V800R010C10
CX600-X2-M16A V800R010C10
CX600-X3A-DO V800R010C10
CX600-X8A-DO V800R010C10
CX600-X16-DO V800R010C10
CX600-X16A-DO V800R010C10
CX600-X16 V800R010C10
CX600-X16A V800R010C10
CX600-M2K V800R010C10

ME60 ME60-X8 V800R010C10

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Device Type Device Subtype Device Version

Single NE5000E NE5000E-16 V800R010C10

NE5000E-X16 V800R010C10
NE5000E-X16A V800R010C10
NE5000E-X16B V800R010C10
NE5000E-X8 V800R010C10
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8 Usage Scenarios

NCEE can be flexibly used in various scenarios to achieve network connection automation
and self-optimization as well as O&M automation.

8.1 Enterprise Private Line

8.1.1 Optical Private Line

Networking Scenario
New services and applications are emerging as networks enter the "All Cloud" era. Driven by
diversified enterprise services, enterprise private lines grow rapidly in both types and
quantities. Enterprise requirements are ever-changing. In this context, transport networks must
be able to provide agile optical private lines on demand to meet the open, real-time, and
flexible large-pipe bearing requirements of the Internet.
As shown in Figure 8-1, enterprise private lines are classified into the following:
l Enterprise-Enterprise: This type of enterprise private line connects two branches (in
different areas) of an enterprise.
l Enterprise-Internet: This type of enterprise private line provides Internet access for
enterprises.
l Enterprise-DC: This type of enterprise private line connects an enterprise workplace to a
DC.
l DC-DC: This type of enterprise private line is used for hosting and leasing services in
different DCs.

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Figure 8-1 Enterprise private lines

Solution
As shown in Figure 2, NCE enables an intent-driven TSDN network that meets the on-
demand use requirements of enterprise private line services.
l The forwarding plane at the infrastructure layer uses OSN 9800s, OSN 8800s, and OSN
1800s (which are large-capacity MS-OTN and DWDM devices) to deliver high-
bandwidth and short-delay transparent transmission pipes.
l NCE is deployed at the management and control layer to provide one-stop, automated
private line provisioning, centralized service control, and northbound openness and
integration capabilities.

Figure 8-2 Private line solution

Features
The following describes the key features of NCE in the enterprise private line scenario:
l Agile provisioning of optical services
– Agile provisioning of E2E services: meets the fast service innovation and release
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– Real-time bandwidth adjustment: flexibly adapts to customers' service requirements

and achieves pay-as-you-grow.
– Bandwidth calendar: staggers bandwidth use to improve resource utilization.
– Delay policy: provides differentiated high-quality private lines for delay-sensitive
services, such as financial transactions and distributed computing.
l Northbound openness
– Self-service: RESTful northbound interfaces (NBIs) are used, through which
carriers can develop customized user portals to provide self-service, achieving e-
commerce-style operations.
– Multi-vendor: Standardized NBIs mask differences at the infrastructure layer, and
therefore E2E services can be orchestrated across the devices from different
vendors.
l OVPN
– Network resources are sliced so that carriers can provide large enterprises with
OVPNs. The OVPNs help to improve resource utilization and reduce network
construction costs for large enterprises.
– Large enterprises can create services themselves, achieving virtualization
operations.
l Resource visualization
Resource status, usage, and service performance are displayed in a visualized manner,
helping carriers identify service access hotspots and resource bottlenecks and conduct
timely capacity expansion and optimization.

8.1.2 IP Private Line

Background
Carriers and ISPs face the following challenges:
l Complex service deployment
E2E service deployment is inefficient because it requires cooperation among multiple
departments (such as the service planning, O&M departments) and depends on
inefficient workflow transfer. Service changes, in particular, require participation of both
carriers and device manufacturers in many cases. Much labor and material resources are
required. Far-reaching impact is caused.
l Low network utilization
Global traffic adjustment is impossible, and optimization results cannot be clearly
previewed.
l Complex maintenance
Manual verification is required when network faults or traffic changes occur, and fault
___location needs a long time.

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Solution

Figure 8-3 Private line provisioning solution

l Private line services are VPN services that carriers provide for customers to connect
different areas over a VPN (L3VPN or L2VPN). These services are typically configured
through the NMS GUI or device CLI.
– L3VPN is a virtual private network established at the network layer. It allows sites
in different locations to communicate with each other through the backbone
networks of service providers.
– L2VPN transparently transmits the Layer 2 data of users over a PSN (IP/MPLS)
network.
l The IP private line provisioning solution gives carriers a new way to manage and control
private line services. By introducing an SDN controller to the legacy network, it
automates VPN service deployment and centralizes VPN service control. The controller
provides a portal for users to configure services. NCE converts the service models to
configurations that can be automatically deployed on devices. Through centralized path
computation, the controller can produce optimal paths for the TE tunnels that carry VPN
services.
l The IP private line provisioning solution accelerates private line provisioning, computes
optimal paths for VPN services, and improves network utilization.

Capabilities
The IP private line provisioning solution has the following key capabilities:

l L2VPN and L3VPN service provisioning

NCE provides standard NBIs and Web UIs and for service provisioning. It can provision
VLL and L3VPN services. When provisioning a service, a controller converts the service
model to a network model based on service and tunnel parameters. It then converts the
model to NE configurations and applies the configurations to forwarders. LDP, RSVP-
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automatically creates the required tunnels or binds previously created tunnels to the
service.
l Tunnel path computation and traffic optimization
NCE can collect physical and network topology information for the entire network and
compute tunnel paths based on the topology information as well as tunnel constraints.
Because NCE has network-wide information, it can compute optimal paths (paths with
the lowest costs or shortest delay) that meet tunnel constraints (including bandwidths,
delays, affinity attributes, SRLGs, priorities, and number of hops). The optimal paths are
then applied to forwarders to enable packet forwarding. NCE can dynamically collect
traffic information and optimize tunnels.
l Link SLA collection
NCE allows users to configure SLA collection policies. It converts the policies to
performance data collection configurations for forwarders, which collect SLA
performance data over TWAMP. The uTraffic periodically obtains the SLA performance
data from forwarders.
l Network OAM
NCE can display the paths and statuses of services and tunnels, visualize physical and
logical topologies, and detect tunnel and path connectivity.

Benefits
The IP private line provisioning solution brings the following benefits to customers:
l Accelerates E2E service deployment and shortens TTM.
l Improves network resource efficiency.
l Simplifies O&M, reduces manual errors, and shortens the Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
without affecting services.
l Supports smooth evolution and reduces the total cost of ownership (TCO).

8.1.3 Multi-Domain Multi-Vendor IP RAN Private Line

8.1.3.1 Introduction
The legacy private line bearer networks cannot provide high MSTP bandwidths and do not
support advanced technologies. Though OTN networks can flexibly access SDH services and
support Layer 2 Ethernet services such as E-Line and E-LAN, they are weak at Layer 3 and
cannot access private lines due to their positions.
IP RANs are strong at Layer 3 because they have routers, which is suitable for complex mesh
networking. In addition, IP RANs feature comprehensive coverage. Therefore, carriers prefer
to use IP RAN to provision private line services.
Carriers' IP RANs are deployed by city. One IP RAN is deployed in each city. If a city uses
devices from two vendors, two IP RANs will be deployed. Enterprise branches in different
cities need to interconnect with each other through different IP RAN networks. Therefore,
they need multi-___domain multi-vendor IP RAN private lines.
For private line services across different IP RANs, Option A and Option C can be used for
interconnection between IP RANs. For unified O&M, carriers prefer Option C.
Service access devices (CPEs) and IP RANs can be managed in a centralized or separate
manner. Typically, CPEs are managed independently of IP RAN networks.

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8.1.3.2 Usage Scenarios

Related Concepts
IP RAN: A RAN that uses the IP packet transport technology to achieve data backhaul on a
radio access network.

Dual-homing: A network topology where a customer service accesses the carrier network
using two independent PEs that work in active/standby mode. The standby connection is
activated only when the active connection is faulty.

Separate CPE management: All CPEs are put into one ___domain and all IP RAN devices are
put into another ___domain. To facilitate understanding, the source and sink access points CPE1
and CPE2 are put into different domains here.

Centralized CPE management: CPEs and IP RAN devices are put into one ___domain and
managed by the same controller.

CSG single-homing/dual-homing: The CPEs serving as service access points can be either
single-homed or dual-homed to upstream CSGs in an IP RAN ___domain. Single-homing access
refers to the scenario where a CPE connects to a single upstream CSG, while dual-homing
access refers to the scenario where a CPE connects to two upstream CSGs.

ASG single-homing/dual-homing: The CPEs serving as service access points can be either
single-homed or dual-homed to upstream ASGs in an IP RAN ___domain. Single-homing access
refers to the scenario where a CPE connects to a single upstream ASG, while dual-homing
access refers to the scenario where a CPE connects to two upstream ASGs.

Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection (Option C)

This service supports interconnection of enterprises in one city and different cities.

l An enterprise has branches A and B in the same city and needs to apply for a private line
service to connect the branches. This is an intra-city private line service.
l An enterprise has a branch in city A and city B and needs to apply for a private line
service to connect two branches in city A and city B. This is an inter-city private line
service.

Figure 8-4 Private line service for enterprise interconnection using Option C (separated CPE
management)

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This scenario has the following characteristics:

l CPEs transmit received enterprise services to CSGs over static PWs. Dynamic PWs are
used between CSGs and ASGs, and between ASGs. The service deployment on the peer
IP RAN is the same as that on the local end.
l The local ASG connects to the peer ASG over a PW that traverses the local P, provincial
backbone network, and peer P. The underlying bearer tunnel is deployed in advance.
l CPEs are managed by the same controller or different controllers. The IP RAN network
can be managed in two ways: One way is that the IP RAN devices of one province are
managed by one controller. Another way is that the IP RAN devices of each city are
managed by a separate controller.
l An intra-city service is a service between two access points (CPEs) in the same city, for
example, a service between CPE1 and CPE2 in the figure.
l The inter-city service is a service between two access points (CPEs) in different cities,
for example, services between CPE1 and CPE3 in the figure.

Intra-Province Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection (Option C)

All IP RAN devices in a province are managed by the same ___domain controller. All CPEs in a
province are managed by a single controller.
In this scenario, NCE (Super) does not distinguish inter-city services from intra-city services.
All CPE-CPE services are divided into three segmented VPNs. The controller identifies
whether the services between CSGs cross multiple domains. As shown in Figure 2-3, NCE
(Super) divides the service between CPE1 and CPE2 into three segmented VPNs: CPE1-
CPE1, CSG1-CSG2, and CPE2-CPE2.

Figure 8-5 Intra-province private line for enterprise interconnection (Option C)

Private Line in an Inter-third-party IP RAN (Option C)

The two access points (CPEs) of a service are provided by different vendors. One CPE
connects to Agile Controller-WAN (IP RAN), and the other CPE connects to the third-party
IP RAN controller. This scenario is similar to a common inter-city Option C scenario. The
only difference is that one IP RAN belongs to a third party.

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Figure 8-6 Private line service in an inter-third-party scenario (Option C)

Inter-City Private Line for Enterprises Interconnections (Option A)

An inter-city service indicates that the service from city A to city B needs to be enabled in
both cities.

NCE (Super) interconnects with Agile Controller-WAN, NCE (IP Domain), or a third-party
controller in the southbound direction to manage devices on the backbone network. NCE
(Super) interconnects with Agile Controller-WAN (IP RAN) in the southbound direction or
directly interconnects with U2000 to manage IPRAN devices. Agile Controller-WAN (IP
RAN) interconnects with U2000 in the southbound direction and synchronizes the inventory
data of the access and aggregation domains as well as CPE devices using U2000.

Figure 8-7 Private line service connecting inter-city enterprises (Option A)

When CPEs and devices in the IPRAN ___domain are managed by different controllers, this
scenario is called separate CPE management.

This scenario mainly has the following characteristics:

l In this scenario, CPE1 and CSG1 as well as CPE2 and CSG3 are access points for each
other, and inter-___domain links need to be created.
l If there is no preset tunnel between CPE1 and CSG1 as well as between CPE3 and
CSG3, you can create a tunnel on NCE (Super).
l ASGs and ASBRs are access points for each other, and inter-___domain links need to be
created.

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l Domains are connected through VLANs.

l Intra-___domain path planning must be created for both the IP RAN1 and IP RAN2
domains. In the intra-___domain path planning, users need to plan the homing relationships
between CSGs and ASGs and between CSGs and RSGs.

Table 8-1 Types of services supported by the cross-city private line for enterprise
interconnection
Service Type Service Service Accessed CPE Service
Segmentation Requirement Template
Type

L3VPN L3VPN private L3VPN ETN/ATN VLAN-based

network services are L2VPN+VLL
transmitted over +L3VPN+VLL
the IPRAN and +VLAN-based
IP core L2VPN
networks
through CPE
access for
provisioning.

L2 private line VLL L2VPN ETN/ATN VLAN-based

services are L2VPN+VLL
transmitted over +VLL+VLL
the IPRAN and +VLAN-based
IP core L2VPN
networks
through CPE
access for
provisioning.

CPE+MS-PW+CPE Private Line for Interconnection in the IP RAN/IP Metro

Domain (Option A)
In Figure5 CPE+MS+PW+CPE private line for interconnection in the IP RAN/IP metro
___domain, enterprise interconnection services access the IP RAN from different locations in a
city. NCE (Super) manages an IP RAN ___domain and a CPE access ___domain. Tenant services are
transmitted between CPES over the IP RAN ___domain.
The service type is VLL in the IP RAN ___domain and VLAN-based L2VPN on CPEs.

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Figure 8-8 CPE+MS+PW+CPE private line for interconnection in the IP RAN/IP metro
___domain

Table 8-2 Types of services crossing CPE and IP RAN domains

Service Type Service Service Accessed CPE Service
Segmentation Requirement Template
Type

L2 private line VLL CPEs serve as ETN/ATN VLAN Based

service access L2VPN+VLL
points. VLL +VLAN Based
services are L2VPN
provisioned and
transmitted over
the IP RAN.

IP RAN+IP Core Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection in Different Cities

(Option A)
Figure 8-9 shows the private line connecting Branch 1 and Branch 2 of Enterprise A in two
cities. In the southbound direction, NCE (Super) interconnects with U2000 to manage the
CPE ___domain, with Agile Controller-WAN (IP RAN) to manage IP RAN devices, and with
NCE (IP Domain) to manage devices on the backbone network. In the southbound direction,
Agile Controller-WAN interconnects with U2000 that synchronizes the data of devices in the
IP RAN ___domain.

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Figure 8-9 IP RAN+IP Core private line for enterprise interconnection in different cities

This scenario mainly has the following characteristics:

1. The CPE in the upstream direction uses a VLAN to access the CSG.
2. Domains are connected through VLANs.
3. Intra-___domain path planning must be created for both the IP RAN1 and IP RAN2
domains. In the intra-___domain path planning, users need to plan the homing relationships
between CSGs and ASGs and between CSGs and RSGs.
4. Create inter-___domain links between a couple of access point groups, such as between
CPE1 and CSG1, between CPE2 and CSG2, between RSG1 and PE1, between RSG2
and PE2, between RSG3 and PE3, and between RSG4 and PE4.
5. Virtual aggregation ports need to be created between RSG1 and RSG2, between P1 and
P2, between P3 and P4, and between RSG3 and RSG4.

Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection in an IP RAN Domain (Option A)

Figure 8-10 shows interconnection services between branches for enterprise users of a carrier
and Table3 Service types supported in cross-___domain service provisioning scenario 3
describes service types. Different from Scenario 4 Internet private line service, services in
this scenario do not pass through the provincial backbone network (core ___domain). Agile
Controller-WAN is interconnected with U2000 in the southbound direction and synchronizes
inventory data on the forwarder through U2000.
In each ___domain, the carrier specifies the primary and secondary Superstratum Provider Edges
(SPEs) for the User-end Provider Edge (UPE) access points and specifies a PW in the ___domain
as multi-segment PW (MS-PW) during service design. Finally, VPN services are provisioned
along paths specified by the carrier in the ___domain. The working and the protection paths
correspond to the primary PW and the secondary PW respectively.

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Figure 8-10 IP RAN VLL+VLL networking

Table 8-3 Service types supported in cross-___domain service provisioning scenario 3

Service Type Service Requirement Service Template
Type

L2VPN private line UPEs serve as service access points. VLL+VLL

E2E L2VPN private line services are
provisioned and transmitted across two
metro domains.

Inter-Province Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection (Option A)

Figure 8-11 Inter-province private line service for enterprise interconnection (Option A)

Figure8 Inter-province private line service for enterprise interconnection(Option A)

shows a private line between two enterprise sites, and services are transmitted across
provincial backbone networks (core domains).
NCE (Super) interconnects with Agile Controller-WAN in the southbound direction, and
Agile Controller-WAN synchronizes inventory data from the core ___domain. In addition, the

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Agile Controller-WAN interconnects with U2000 in the southbound direction and

synchronizes the inventory data of the access and aggregation domains as well as CPE
devices through U2000. The working and the protection paths correspond to the primary PW
and the secondary PW respectively.
Agile Controller-WAN can be replaced with the NCE (IP Domain) controller.

Inter-City Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection (Option A + Centralized

CPE)
Scenario description: Enterprise A needs to interconnect its branches (Branch 1 and Branch 2)
in two different cities. NCE (Super) interconnects with Agile Controller-WAN, NCE (IP
Domain), or a third-party controller in the southbound direction to manage devices in the core
___domain. Agile Controller-WAN (IP RAN) interconnects with U2000 in the southbound
direction and synchronizes the inventory data of the access and aggregation domains as well
as CPE devices using U2000.

Figure 8-12 Centralized CPE management

A CPE can use either of following access schemes:

1. Static PW: A static PW is directly configured on the CPE.
2. Local CCC: The CPE is classified as single-NE domains for service provisioning.
This scenario has the following characteristics:
l The inter-AS Option A solution back-to-back. As shown in Figure 8-12, the ASG node
and ASBR node can serve as an access point for each other and an inter-___domain link
needs to be created in between.
l The five-segment VPN service refers to the service divided into five segmented service
domains for the complete service. Each ___domain corresponds to a controller.
l Access service gateway (ASG) nodes are interconnected to all nodes in the access and
aggregation domains.

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Private Line for Internet Access

Figure 8-13 Private Line for Internet Access

From the perspective of users, the purpose of the service is to access the Internet. Therefore,
the service is called Internet access service.
This scenario has the following characteristics:
1. This service is a circuit cross connect (CCC) service. NCE (Super) manages only the
CCC service on CPE1.
2. A large-capacity PW is provisioned between CSG1 and ASG1. Multiple users under the
same CPE share the same PW.
3. CPE1 and CSG1 are connected through optical fibers and interconnected through a
VLAN. CSG1 uses a QinQ interface. A QinQ sub-interface can be connected to multiple
VLANs or VLAN segments. The CCC service becomes available after its VLANs match
with the VLANs of PW sub-interfaces.
4. NCE (Super) does not manage the PWs connected to the network. The existing NMS
OSS/BSS system provisions service configurations on the IP RAN and BRAS/CR.

8.1.4 Cloud Private Line

8.1.4.1 Introduction
Enterprises deploy DCs on clouds. Enterprises need private lines for accessing the cloud DCs.
At present, the following cloud private lines are used: IP RAN+EVPN VXLAN cloud private
line, IP RAN+backbone MS-PW cloud private line, and PON+L3VPN cloud private line.

8.1.4.2 Usage Scenarios

Related Concepts
QinQ: A layer 2 tunnel protocol based on IEEE 802.1Q encapsulation. It adds a public
VLAN tag to a frame carrying only a private VLAN tag , allowing the frame to be transmitted

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over the service provider's backbone network based on the public VLAN tag. This provides a
L2VPN tunnel for customers.

IP RAN+Backbone MS-PW Cloud Private Line

Figure 8-14 shows a cloud private line used by CEs to access the cloud DC. NCE (Super)
interconnects with Agile Controller-WAN (IPRAN) to manage CPEs and IP RAN devices and
interconnects with NCE (IP Domain) to manage provincial backbone devices. Agile
Controller-WAN (IPRAN) interconnects with U2000 in the southbound direction and
synchronizes device information and data from the IP RAN ___domain through U2000.

Figure 8-14 IP RAN+backbone MS-PW cloud private line

This scenario has the following characteristics:

1. A static LSP is established between the CPE ___domain and IP RAN ___domain.
2. The boundary nodes of the IP RAN ___domain are ASG1 and ASG2. The next hop is VPN
GW1 for ASG1, and VPN GW2 for ASG2.
3. An MP-BGP LSP is established between the IP RAN ___domain and the cloud backbone
___domain.
4. LAGs need to be created between VPN GW1 and VPN GW2.
5. The cloud backbone ___domain is managed by NCE (IP Domain), and no intra-___domain path
needs to be planned.
6. NCE (Super) is responsible for services from the CPE ___domain to the cloud backbone
___domain. The customer side is responsible for services from the cloud backbone ___domain
to the cloud DC.

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PON Access to the Cloud Using L3VPN

Figure 8-15 PON access to the cloud using L3VPN

In this scenario, the PON service deployment is managed by a separate access NMS. The
service management scope of NCE (Super) is BRSA-PE. The BRAS belongs to the metro
network, the PE connects to the cloud, and the PE belongs to the converged cloud backbone
network. .
If the IP RAN for City A and the converged cloud backbone network are managed by the
same set of NCE (IP Domain), NCE (Super) processes the service as a single-___domain L3VPN
service.

8.1.5 IP+Optical Multi-Domain Multi-Vendor Private Line

The IP+Optical multi-___domain multi-vendor private line feature focuses on L2VPN, L3VPN,
and SDH private lines.

8.1.5.1 Introduction

8.1.5.1.1 Definition
The IP and optical cross-___domain cross-vendor private line feature provides carriers with self-
service design, fast service provisioning, and diverse service maintenance functions.

l Various types of services can be defined and planned.

l NCE (Super) functions as a service production system capable of composite service
provisioning across multiple domains and controllers. It can access, provision, and adjust
L2VPN, L3VPN, and SDH services on the live network.
l It provides diverse service maintenance functions, such as configuring a bandwidth
calendar, querying the resource view and service view, and browsing alarms and logs.

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Figure 8-16 Architecture

NOTE

l BSS: business support system

l OSS: operations support system
l EMS: element management system
l MAN: metropolitan area network
l IP core: IP core network
l DC: data center

The IP and optical cross-___domain cross-vendor private line feature consists of three layers:
super controller, ___domain controller, and forwarding layers.
l NCE (Super) is located at the super controller layer.
l Controllers are located at the ___domain controller layer. Huawei controllers include Agile
Controller-WAN, Agile Controller-Transport, and U2000.
l Network forwarding devices, including Huawei NE40E routers, MS-OTN devices,
Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) routers, and optical devices, are located at the forwarding layer.
NCE (Super) manages composite services. Using functions such as cross-___domain path
computation and service orchestration, NCE (Super) decomposes cross-___domain composite
services and applies them to corresponding controllers to implement the following functions:
l Service creation, modification, deletion, and query
l Real-time display, activation, and deactivation of service paths
l Bandwidth on demand (BOD)
l Bandwidth calendar
l Service status display
l Service continuity check
Users can manage composite services through the GUIs or northbound APIs provided by
NCE (Super).

8.1.5.1.2 Benefits
In the IP and optical cross-___domain cross-vendor private line feature, NCE (Super) provides
the following benefits:

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l Simplifies network deployment, provides templates for service customization,

orchestrates composite services, and provisions E2E cross-___domain services on the WAN
network.
l Improves network utilization, automatically computes optimal paths based on actual
service requirements, and quickly adjusts service bandwidths on demand.
l Simplifies service acceptance and supports fast service continuity checks after service
provisioning.
l Provides open northbound APIs that allow fast integration with carriers' OSSs.

8.1.5.2 Usage Scenarios

NCE (Super) supports both single-___domain and multi-___domain service provisioning. Carriers
determine the types of services to be provisioned based on the actual network operation
environment and service types provided to customers.
A ___domain is a logical collection of NEs divided for management purpose. It can contain
network devices that support multiple protocols or rate levels. NEs in the network topology
are grouped into different domains based on service scenarios and service design implements
network orchestration by ___domain. An NE can belong to multiple domains. Service conflicts
are not allowed on the same NE during the provisioning of a service. Services can be
provisioned in single-___domain or multi-___domain mode, depending on whether resources are in
the same ___domain.
l Single-___domain: applies to atomic VPN services that belong to only one management
___domain. For example, if a city is in the management ___domain of a controller, two
enterprises in this city uses a single-___domain service for communication.
l Multi-___domain: applies to composite VPN services that consist of multiple single-___domain
VPN services. For example, if Enterprise A is in City 1 and Enterprise B is in City 2,
they need to use a private line service that crosses the management domains for City 1,
the core ___domain, and City 2 for communication.

8.1.5.2.1 Single-Domain Scenario

This section describes the single-___domain service provisioning scenario.

Single-Domain Scenario
NCE (Super) manages a ___domain controller that manages all services within its management
___domain. The service types include the virtual leased line (VLL) and L3VPN services.

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Figure 8-17 Single-___domain networking scenario

Agile Controller-WAN can be replaced with NCE (IP Domain).

Table 8-4 Service types supported in the single-___domain scenario

Service Service Requirement Service Template Type
Type

L3VPN PEs serve as service access points. E2E L3VPN

L3VPN services are provisioned in a single
___domain.

L2VPN PEs serve as service access points. E2E VLL

L2VPN services are provisioned in a single
___domain.

8.1.5.2.2 Multi-___domain Scenarios

This section describes multi-___domain service provisioning scenarios.

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CPE+OTN Private Line for Enterprises Interconnection

Figure 8-18 CPE+OTN Private Line for Enterprises Interconnection

Table 8-5 Usage scenarios and supported service types

Service Service Service Requirement Access Service Template

Type Description CPE Type

L2 private EPL via CPEs serve as service ETN500, VLL+EVPL/EPL

line optical access points. E2E EPL MA5600T +VLL
services are provisioned
across the optical access
and aggregation
networks..

EVPL via CPEs serve as service

optical access points. E2E
EVPL services are
provisioned across the
optical access and
aggregation networks.

OTN+IP Private Line for Enterprises Interconnection

l As shown in Figure2 OTN+IP private line for enterprises interconnection
and ,Table2 Usage scenarios and supported service types the core ___domain carries the
VLL, VPLS, and L3VPN services, and the access (Metro) ___domain carries the EVPL
service.

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Figure 8-19 OTN+IP private line for enterprises interconnection

Table 8-6 Usage scenarios and supported service types

Service Service Service Requirement Access Service
Type Description CPE Template
Type

L3VPN L3VPN LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs serve ETN500, VLL

private as service access points. MA5600 +EVPL
network L3VPN services are T, +L3VPN
provisioned across the optical ATN910 +EVPL
access and aggregation C +VLL
networks and IP core
network.

Site to The service requirement is VLL

Internet the same as that of L3VPN +EVPL
services. Among enterprise +L3VPN
services, Internet service has
the lowest priority, and the
Internet access is provided
over the IP Core network.

E-LAN E-LAN LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs serve VLL

as service access points. +EVPL
L2VPN services are +VPLS
provisioned across the optical +EVPL
access and aggregation +VLL
networks and IP core
network.

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Service Service Service Requirement Access Service

Type Description CPE Template
Type

L2 private EPL via IP LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs serve VLL

line as service access points. EPL +EVPL
services are provisioned +VLL
across the optical access and +EVPL
aggregation networks and IP +VLL
core network.

EVPL via IP LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs serve VLL

as service access points. +EVPL
EVPL services are +VLL
provisioned across the optical +EVPL
access and aggregation +VLL
networks and IP core
network.

l MC-LAG or LAG protection

MC-LAG or LAG protection is provided for multi-___domain links, as shown in Figure
8-20. if multi-___domain links are faulty, services are switched from the faulty port to
another port for transmission. Currently, the triangular structure in the following scenario
is supported: The MC-LAG is configured for the metro network, and the LAG is
configured for the IP Core network. In addition, the LAG can also be configured
between LSAcc and HSAcc.

Figure 8-20 Protection scenario where the port type is MC-LAG or LAG

l Services with different lifecycles

As shown in Figure4 Networking diagram of provisioning of services with different
lifecycles if a carrier has deployed WAN-side services and extends the services to the
access side, NCE (Super) provides end-to-end service provisioning and management,
which means it manages WAN-side and access-side services in an end-to-end manner.
As shown in Table3 Supported types of services with different lifecycles, currently
only L3VPN, E-LAN and L2 private line services are supported.

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Figure 8-21 Networking diagram of provisioning of services with different lifecycles

Table 8-7 Supported types of services with different lifecycles

Service Service Service Requirement CPE for WAN-Side
Type Access Service Template

L3VPN L3VPN LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs ETN500, VLL+(EVPL

dedicated serve as service access MA5600T +L3VPN+EVPL)
network points. L3VPN services +VLL
are provisioned across
the optical access and
aggregation networks
and IP core network.

E-LAN L2 LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs VLL+(EVPL

dedicated serve as service access +VPLS+EVPL)
network points. L2VPN services +VLL
are provisioned across
the optical access and
aggregation networks
and IP core network.

L2 private EPL via IP LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs VLL+(EVPL+VLL

line serve as service access +EVPL)+VLL
points. EPL services are
provisioned across the
optical access and
aggregation networks
and IP core network.

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Service Service Service Requirement CPE for WAN-Side

Type Access Service Template

EVPL via LS.CPEs or HS.CPEs VLL+(EVPL+VLL

IP serve as service access +EVPL)+VLL
points. EVPL services
are provisioned across
the optical access and
aggregation networks
and IP core network.

IP RAN+OTN Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection (with the OTN Only
as a Pipe)
As shown in Figure5 IP RAN+OTN private line for enterprise interconnection, the carrier
uses IPRAN and optical aggregation network to carry enterprise private line services. One end
of the enterprise network connects to the IPRAN through the CPE, and the other end of the
enterprise network connects to the ACC NE attached to the optical aggregation network (MS-
OTN). The NE can access both mobile bearer services and enterprise private line services,
which is slightly different from the CPE that carries only the enterprise private line. The
optical aggregation network is deployed in advance as a pipe to streamline IP routes between
the ACC and IPRAN. During service provisioning, NCE (Super) manages a CPE access
___domain (including the ACC NE) and an IPRAN ___domain. Tenant services are CPE+IPRAN
+ACC multi-___domain services.
The service type is VLAN-based L2VPN on the CPE and VLL in the IP RAN ___domain and on
the ACC.

Figure 8-22 IP RAN+OTN private line for enterprise interconnection

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Table 8-8 Usage scenarios and supported service types

Service Service Service Requirement CPE for Service
Type Segment Description Access Profile Type

L2 E-Line CPEs serve as service access ETN500, VLL+VLL

private points. L2VPN services are ATN910C +VLL
line provisioned across the IP RAN
and OTN (with the OTN as
only a pipe) as well as MS-
PWs to the ACC.

IP RAN+OTN Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection (with the OTN and
IPRAN back-to-back interworking using Option A)
As shown in Figure6 IP RAN+OTN private line service for enterprise interconnection
(Option A), the carrier uses IP RAN and optical aggregation networks to carry enterprise
private line services. One end of the enterprise network connects to the IP RAN through the
CPE, the other end of the enterprise network connects to the CPE attached to the optical
aggregation network. The OTN connects to the IPRAN in back-to-back mode using Option A.
During service provisioning, NCE (Super) manages one CPE access ___domain, one IP RAN
___domain, and one OTN ___domain. Tenant' services are CPE+IP RAN+ACC multi-___domain
services.
The service type CPE is VLAN-based L2VPN on the CPE,
VLL in the IP RAN ___domain, and EVPL in the MS-OTN ___domain.

Figure 8-23 IP RAN+OTN private line service for enterprise interconnection (Option A)

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Table 8-9 Usage scenarios and supported service types

Service Type Service Service CPE for Service

Segment Requirement Access Profile Type
Description

L2 private line E-Line CPEs serve as ETN500, VLL+VLL

service access ATN910C +EVPL+VLL
points. L2VPN
services are
provisioned
across the IP
RAN, OTN,
and the CPE
attached to the
OTN.

IP RAN+IP Core+OTN Private Line for Enterprise Interconnection

As shown in Figure7 IP RAN+IP core+OTN private line for enterprise interconnection,
one end of the enterprise network connects to the IP RAN through the CPE, and the branches
of the other city connect to the ACC NE attached to the optical aggregation network. The
OTN in the local city of the IP RAN serves as a pipe to connect the IP RAN to the IP core
network. The ACC access point and OTN use the back-to-back mode to communicate with
the IP core network. During service provisioning, NCE (Super) manages one CPE access
___domain (including ACC), one IP RAN ___domain, one OTN ___domain, and one IP core ___domain.
Tenant services are CPE+IP RAN+ACC multi-___domain services.

The service type of the access CPE (including ACC) is VLAN-based L2VPN

on the access CPE (including the ACC), VLL in the IP RAN, EVPL in the MS-OTN, and
VLL or L3VPN in the IP core ___domain.

Figure 8-24 IP RAN+IP core+OTN private line for enterprise interconnection

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Table 8-10 Usage scenarios and supported service types

Servic Service Service Requirement CPE for Service
e Type Segment Access Template Type

L3VPN L3VPN CPEs or ACCs serve as ETN500, VLAN L2VPN

private service access points. ATN910C +VLL (MS-PW)
network L3VPN services are +L3VPN+EVPL
provisioned across the IP +VLAN L2VPN
RAN, optical access and
aggregation networks, and
the IP core network.

Internet The service requirement of VLAN L2VPN

service the Internet service is the +VLL (MS-PW)
same as that of the L3VPN +L3VPN
access segment. The Internet
access is provisioned over
the IP core network.

Layer-2 E-LAN CPEs or ACCs serve as VLAN L2VPN

private service access points. Point- +VLL (MS-PW)
networ to-multipoint L2VPN +EVPL+EVPL
k services are provisioned +VLAN L2VPN
across the IP RAN, optical
access and aggregation
optical networks, and the IP
core network.

L2 E-Line CPEs or ACCs serve as VLAN L2VPN

private service access points. Point- +VLL (MS-PW)
line to-point L2VPN services are +VLL+EVPL
provisioned across the IP +VLAN L2VPN
RAN, optical access and
aggregation optical
networks, and the IP core
network.

8.1.6 Optical Multi-Domain Private Line

The optical multi-___domain private line feature focuses on private line provisioning in the
transport OTN ___domain and supports transmission of OTN private lines for various access
services (such as SDH, Ethernet, SAN storage, OTN, video, and other services).

8.1.6.1 Introduction

Definition
The optical multi-___domain solution is an end-to-end service provisioning and management
solution for multiple domains and vendors in the transport ___domain.
Traditional transport services are based on the end-to-end configuration of the NMS of the
vendor. The NMS can manage the networks and services of only one city or one vendor. To

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meet the requirements of simplified networks, customers hope that the separated provisioning
and management experience can be transformed into service-oriented end-to-end management
without separate configuration and management of segmented networks. Therefore, the
optical multi-___domain solution comes into place.

Figure 8-25 Architecture of the optical multi-___domain private line feature

NOTE

l BSS: business support system

l OSS: operations support system

As shown in the preceding figure, the architecture of the optical multi-___domain private line
feature consists of three layers: Super controller, ___domain controller, and forwarding layer
l The component of the Super controller is NCE (Super).
l The ___domain controller component is the controller, and the Huawei controller is NCE
(Transport Domain).
l The forwarding layer contains network forwarding OTN devices, including Huawei OSN
9800 and OSN 1800.
In the optical multi-___domain feature, NCE (Super) provides self-service service design, quick
service provisioning, and rich service maintenance functions for carriers.
l Service design supports definition of multiple service types and the service planning
capabilities.
l As a service production system, service design implements cross-___domain composite
service provisioning of multiple controllers. Private line services for cross-___domain
customers in the OTN ___domain can be provisioned and adjusted on the live network.
l Various service maintenance functions are supported, such as displaying service views.

Benefits
The optical multi-___domain solution brings the following benefits:

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l Provides end-to-end service GUIs from the user perspective to display service dynamics
clearly. The solution enables you to quickly identify the ___domain or vendor whose
services are interrupted.
l Supports design of service templates to provision multiple services using one template.
This reduces manpower and ensures service provisioning without differences.
l Reduces the difficulty of service provisioning for maintenance engineers and enables
one-click service provisioning across domains and scenarios, improving the service
provisioning efficiency.

8.1.6.2 Usage Scenarios

NCE (Super) supports both single-___domain and multi-___domain service provisioning.

Single-Domain Scenarios
Devices in the access, aggregation, and core networks are optical devices grouped into one
___domain. E1/STM services are carried on SDH HS.CPEs, achieving SDH private line service
provisioning.

Figure 8-26 Single-___domain networking scenario

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Table 8-11 Service types supported in a single-___domain scenario

Service Type Service Service CPE for Service
Requirement Network Template
Access Type

L1 private line STM private HS.CPEs serve OSN 500 ODUk

(SDH) line as service
access points.
E2E SDH
private line
services are
provisioned
across the
access,
aggregation,
and third-party
optical core
networks.

E1 via optical HS.CPEs serve OSN 500 ODUk

as service
access points.
E2E E1 private
line services are
provisioned
across the
access,
aggregation,
and third-party
optical core
networks.

Multi-Domain Scenarios
As shown in Figure 8-27, NCE (Super) manages multiple optical domains, and these optical
domains may belong to the same core network or one or more access (metro) networks. User
services may be in the management ___domain of one controller or across the management
domains of multiple controllers.
The accessed services can be SDH, Ethernet, SAN, OTN, video, or other services. After these
services reach the client-side ports, the client-side boards directly map these services to OTN
signals that can be transmitted on the OTN. T boards are used to interconnect the management
domains of different controllers. Client-side signals are added and dropped on T boards.

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Figure 8-27 Optical multi-___domain networking

Table 8-12 Service type supported by the optical multi-___domain networking scenario
Service Type Service Requirement Service Template Type

Client private line The private line is accessed ClientDSR+ClientDSR

through the PE and goes
across multiple OTN
domains.

8.1.7 SPTN

8.1.7.1 Introduction

8.1.7.1.1 Definition
To meet future service development requirements and cope with live network O&M
pressures, the packet transport network (PTN) must be further evolved. Forwarding-control
decoupling and the centralized management and control architecture provide superb evolution
performance for the PTN, making it possible for the PTN to combine the advanced concept of
software-defined networking (SDN) with carrier-class reliability and high service quality and
smoothly evolve to the SDN PTN (SPTN).
The overall SPTN architecture consists of three parts: forwarding layer, control layer, and
application layer.
The main SPTN components include the integrated resource management system (RMS),
integrated transport network management system (NMS), apps, app servers, super controller
NCE (Super), ___domain controller NCE (IP Domain), and forwarders.

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l Forwarding layer
Services are forwarded and processed at this layer. Existing PTN devices perform service
forwarding and processing. In other words, these devices forward services based on
configurations delivered from the control layer and perform protection switching.
l Control layer
This layer provides the following functions:
– Topology management: automatically discovers adjacency relationships, link
information, and link status.
– Route selection: selects appropriate routes for link establishment.
– Connection management: establish, remove, and maintain E2E connections based
on related protocols and signaling. If a network fault occurs, rerouting or protection
switching can be performed to restore services.
– Service order processing: accepts service orders and decomposes service requests
into specific configurations for automated service provisioning across domains.
l Application layer
Apps call the northbound APIs of the super controller at the control layer to perform
operations on the network and present QoS.
The existing Qx or SNMP interfaces are used as the southbound interfaces between the
___domain controller and existing devices on the live network. RESTCONF interfaces are
used between the ___domain controller and super controller and between the super
controller and apps.

Figure 8-28 Overall SPTN architecture

8.1.7.1.2 Benefits
The SPTN feature offers the following benefits:

l Improves service provisioning efficiency.

This feature simplifies and optimizes O&M, and improves the service provisioning
efficiency in multi-vendor scenarios.

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l Improves network operation efficiency.

This feature improves network resource utilization and allows traffic operations. Based
on the centralized control plane and monitoring and analysis of network-wide resources,
this feature can dynamically schedule resources to improve resource utilization.
l Provides the maximum network service capability.
This feature solves the problems facing multi-layer multi-___domain networks with SDN
openness, mobilizes carrier resources, and maximizes network values.
l Establishes an efficient, agile, and open ecosystem.
This feature leverages SDN openness to guide the entire industry to become more open and
cooperative, facilitating quick provisioning of network and service features and reducing the
overall costs of the entire network and services.

8.1.7.2 Usage Scenarios

Automated Service Activation

To provision services in the PTN system, you need to create a circuit work order on the
integrated RMS and integrated transport NMS and then network maintenance personnel
manually configure services on the OMC based on the circuit work order. This process is
inefficient and error-prone. Customers expect that the SPTN system interconnects and
collaborates with the integrated RMS or integrated transport NMS to implement automated
service order delivery and improve the service provisioning efficiency.
l Service orders (including source and destination NEs and interface information) are
generated on the integrated RMS or integrated transport NMS and delivered to the SPTN
system through standard interfaces. (The integrated RMS or integrated transport NMS is
deployed based on the actual situation.)
l The SPTN system converts each order into a corresponding network service model and
applies the model to the route selection policy for path computation to complete the
establishment of service paths.
NOTE

The SPTN system automatically completes path selection in the service provisioning phase without
manual intervention.
l E2E service path data is synchronized to the integrated RMS or integrated transport
NMS, so that the data is stored into the database and the service order can be closed.

Figure 8-29 Automated service activation scenario

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Policy-based Intelligent Route Selection

Most service paths on the live network are computed on the OMC. The route selection policy
is relatively simple and cannot meet the requirements for flexible route selection in various
scenarios because of the universality of the OMC. As a result, the SPTN system must
introduce the intelligent routing capability to compute service paths that meet route selection
constraints and requirements.

During service provisioning, routes must be selected in compliant with the routing policy and
based on users' route selection requirements. Routing policies are divided into the following
types:

l Default policy: The primary and backup routes are carried over different paths. To be
specific, the primary and backup routes are carried over different devices, different
boards, and different links. The default policy is automatically applied during path
computation and does not need to be specified by users.
l Basic policy: can be based on the shortest path, network load balancing, or minimum
delay. You can specify a basic policy during path computation. If no basic policy is
specified, the shortest path policy is used by default.
l Advanced policy: Aggregation nodes are not deployed in the same equipment room, and
cannot be deployed on other access rings. The primary and backup routes are carried
over different optical cables. The advanced policy is based on inventory information on
the network and the method to obtain inventory information needs to be further
researched.
The detailed requirements for different routing policies are as follows:
l The primary and backup routes are carried over different paths: Service protection is the
most important reliability method of the PTN, ensuring that the network is protected if a
single point of failure occurs. Therefore, if APS services are configured, path selection
must first comply with the policy that the primary and backup routes are carried over
different paths. The SPTN system cannot detect boards. As a result, the policy that the
primary and backup paths are carried over different boards temporarily cannot be applied
in the SPTN system.

Figure 8-30 Primary and backup routes carried over different paths

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l Shortest path: After this policy is selected, paths are selected based on the principle that
the minimum number of hops are passed. If users do not specify any basic policy, the
shortest path policy is used by default.
l Network load balancing: After this policy is selected, paths are selected based on the link
load (user-planned CIR bandwidth) to avoid overloaded links.
Network load balancing is implemented in the following scenarios:
a. Multiple links are deployed between two nodes, and different services are load-
balanced on different links.
b. On a ring network, different services are load-balanced in different directions of the
ring.

Figure 8-31 Network load balancing 1

Figure 8-32 Network load balancing 2

l Low delay (not supported in the current version): The E2E service path with the
minimum delay is selected. Depending on user configurations, the link and node delay
used for path computation is either measured from the live network or calculated based
on the configured bandwidth.
NOTE

The intelligent routing policies apply only to the service provisioning phase and cannot be used during
the reroute process caused by a channel fault.

Multi-Domain Multi-Vendor Service Provisioning

The PTN NMS can only implement E2E provisioning of services in the ___domain where the
NMS is deployed. If services cross multiple PTN domains (such as local networks or vendor-
specific networks), you need to manually perform service planning and segment-specific
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introduces the layered control capability to implement E2E automated multi-___domain service
provisioning, improving the service provisioning efficiency.

l The integrated RMS generates service orders (including source and destination NEs
interface information) and delivers them to the super controller through standard
interfaces.
l The super controller interacts with the ___domain controllers to perform multi-___domain path
computation and generates the final service path based on the preset policy.
l The super controller decomposes multi-___domain services into independent ___domain
services (including source and destination NE interface information) and delivers
decomposed services into the corresponding ___domain controllers.
l The ___domain controllers create the corresponding ___domain services. The service creation
process includes service label allocation, binding between service tunnels and PWs, and
delivery of configurations to forwarders.

E2E multi-___domain paths are reported by the NMS to the integrated RMS, and the path data is
stored into the database.

Figure 8-33 Multi-___domain multi-vendor service provisioning

Presentation of Performance Information Related to Service Traffic and Quality

Currently, two systems are responsible for the operation and O&M of group customer
services, respectively. The marketing project manager cannot conveniently obtain important
data, such as the network quality and traffic, affecting service operations. In response to this,
the SPTN system introduces the 3rd-party app system. In collaboration with the current traffic
system and NMS, the SPTN system opens the functions required by network data and traffic-
based service operations to users:

l Displays service traffic-related performance information, including bandwidth usage and

traffic distribution trend, through apps.
l Displays service quality-related performance information, including the delay, jitter, and
packet loss rate, through apps.
l Creates and deletes services and adjusts service bandwidth through apps. This function
lays the foundation for interconnecting apps with the BSS to allow group customer
service users to perform online self-help payment and service modification.

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NOTE

App access security depends on the existing management and control system, not the SPTN.

Figure 8-34 Presentation of performance information related to service traffic and quality

Protection and Security Hardening (Only for Testing)

l 1:1 protection rerouting
The 1:1 LSP protection commonly used on live networks can only restore services when
a single point of failure occurs. If multiple points of failure occur, services cannot be
protected, affecting network stability. In principle, optical cables at the aggregation and
backbone layers are separated. But at the piper layer on the MAN, they are hard to be
completely separated. If the full-mesh networking is used at the core layer, faults may
occur on some pipe-layer services. As a result, the primary and backup paths are
disconnected simultaneously.
The intelligent routing capability of the SPTN system improves network stability as
follows:
− The SPTN system obtains the fault information of service paths, reconfigures routes
for faulty paths based on the preset policy, and adjusts services. The detailed rerouting
information is recorded, so that historical service adjustment information can be viewed
later.
− The SPTN system reports new route information to the integrated RMS or integrated
transport NMS, and then new route data is stored into the database.

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Figure 8-35 Rerouting in 1:1 LSP protection mode

l Permanent 1: 1 protection
The 1:1 LSP protection commonly used on live networks can only restore services when
a single point of failure occurs. If multiple nodes are faulty, services cannot be protected,
affecting network stability.
If one side of the access ring is interrupted frequently due to construction, faults, or other
reasons and is not restored into a timely manner, services get interrupted after the other
side of the aggregation ring is also interrupted. If a broken access ring persists for a long
time, a large number of services may be interrupted due to aggregation- or backbone-side
device upgrade, optical cable cutover, or optical cable interruption.
The intelligent routing capability of the SPTN system improves network security as
follows:
− If the access ring is broken and one path in the 1:1 protection group is faulty, the
traditional protection mode takes effect and the forwarding plane initiates protection
switching to recover services within 50 ms.
− If the access ring does not recover within the specified time, the controller proactively
performs route re-computation for the faulty path based on the preset routing policy. The
computation result and route selection suggestions are delivered and implemented after
being acknowledged by O&M personnel. Routes are adjusted through the human-
computer interaction interface of the NMS or ___domain controllers.
− The SPTN system reports new route information to the integrated RMS or integrated
transport NMS, and then new route data is stored into the database.
− After the faulty path recovers, the SPTN system detects that the fault is rectified and
performs path re-computation based on the preferred routing policy. The system then
switches services back to the original service path after this path is confirmed by the
O&M personnel and reports path information to the integrated RMS or integrated
transport NMS, which then stores the path data into the database.
− Rerouting results are manually confirmed to avoid uncertainty caused by the
automated process.

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Figure 8-36 Permanent 1: 1 protection

Automated Provisioning of LTE E-Line Services (L3VPN Is Only for Testing)

LTE, the main technology of 4G networks, generally uses the PTN bearer solution.

Figure 8-37 LTE bearer network

The PTN for LTE uses the L2+L3 service model, as shown in Figure 8-37. On the access and
aggregation sides, the VLL is used for access to LTE services, and the L3VPN is configured
at the core layer to differentiate services. To enhance access reliability, PW dual-homing
protection (one source and two sinks) is deployed for L2 access. VE bridging is configured on
edge devices at the core layer to forward service traffic from L2 to L3.
A complete LTE service requires access, L2 to L3 bridging, and L3VPN configurations. The
configuration workload is heavy, and the traditional manual configuration way is inefficient.
In comparison, the SPTN can automatically provision LTE services in the following
procedure:
l The integrated RMS generates service work orders (source and sink NEs and interface
information) and imports the work order information to the app. The app converts the
work orders into SPTN RESTCONF packets and sends them to the super controller
through the standard interface.
l The app instructs the super controller to create an L3VPN at the core layer.
l The app notifies the super controller of the VE bridging interface.
l The app instructs the super controller to create VLL access and connects to the L3VPN
at the core layer.
l The super controller receives the RESTCONF packets, uses the corresponding routing
policy to compute the path, and establishes the service path.
l The integrated RMS or transport NMS synchronizes and archives E2E service path data,
completing the service process.

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8.2 Mobile Broadband

8.2.1 5G Bearer
5G networks feature high bandwidths, short delays, massive connections, high-precision
clocks, and intelligent O&M. As a management and control platform for 5G bearer networks,
NCE simplifies service deployment and provides complete closed-loop O&M SLA assurance
capabilities. With technologies such as big data, NCE discovers and resolves problems before
users complain, thereby implementing proactive O&M, greatly improving troubleshooting
efficiency, and reducing OPEX.

Key Capabilities
NCE provides the following capabilities for intelligent 5G network O&M:
l Full-lifecycle O&M platform: NCE supports unified management and control of
network-wide resources, including automatic device go-online, service deployment, path
computation, network self-optimization, and proactive network O&M. In addition, it
provides a unified portal to ensure consistent operation experience.
l Simplified service provisioning: NCE simplifies service provisioning to improve
efficiency.
l Centralized path computation: Based on the industry's most comprehensive routing
algorithms (hierarchical, cross-___domain, bandwidth, and delay algorithms), NCE
implements flexible path control to provide differentiated SLA assurance for different
services.
l Proactive O&M: NCE detects network topology changes in real time and drives network
re-optimization. In addition, it supports fast fault locating.
l Open network: Open NBIs and SBIs improve service and application deployment
efficiency and support the management of some third-party NEs.

8.3 Home Broadband

8.3.1 FTTx Solution

FTTx is a fiber access solution that features large capacity, long distance, and high
bandwidths. NCE provides a comprehensive solution for FTTx access devices to uniformly
manage and maintain OLTs, ONUs, SBUs, and CBUs.
In the FTTx solution, a single fiber is used to provide voice, data, and video services. This
solution meets the following needs: fiber to the curb (FTTC), fiber to the building (FTTB),
fiber to the home (FTTH), fiber to the office (FTTO), fiber to the mobile base station
(FTTM), fiber to the door (FTTD), fiber to the service area (FTTS), IP private line
interconnection, and wholesale services. Figure 8-38 shows the networking for FTTx.

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Figure 8-38 Networking for FTTx

Network Deployment
l Fast ONU deployment
ONU deployment and remote software commissioning are automatically implemented
based on the ONU plug-and-play (PnP) policy, which greatly improves the deployment
efficiency and reduces the network construction costs.
– Complete scenarios: ONU PnP deployment is supported in preconfiguration and
other scenarios.
– Unified configuration: A unified GUI is provided for configuring the ONU PnP
policy, including assigning IP addresses, adding ONUs and management channels,
upgrading software, and configuring scripts, in each FTTx scenario. Users can
upgrade, add, and software commission ONUs in a simplified manner.
– Simple process: Users can configure a PnP policy and bind it to OLTs on NCE.
After ONUs go online for the first time and report messages to NCE, NCE
automatically calls the PnP policy to deploy ONUs.
l Fast deployment and remote acceptance of MDU services

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For FTTB networks, NCE provides the PON-upstream MDU predeployment and remote
acceptance functions. These functions improve the PON-upstream MDU deployment
efficiency and reduce OPEX.
– ONU predeployment: Before powering on an ONU, create a corresponding virtual
NE and configure service data on NCE. After the ONU is powered on, NCE
automatically applies configurations to it to deploy services. Therefore, network
predeployment and device installation can be performed at the same time, halving
the network construction time.
– Predeployment sheet: Device data can be batch imported to NCE by using a sheet.
The devices do not need field software commissioning but support remote
acceptance tests. Only hardware installation engineers need to visit the sites to
install devices. This greatly improves deployment efficiency and reduces
construction costs.
– Flexible authentication and comprehensive preconfiguration: ONU PnP is
implemented. Installation costs are greatly reduced. Users only need to enter the
authentication information when they replace a faulty ONU. NCE automatically
applies the configurations of the faulty ONU to the new ONU, eliminating the need
for reconfiguration.
– Remote acceptance: ONU acceptance tasks can be created offline. After ONUs go
online, NCE automatically applies configurations to them to achieve remote
acceptance.
– Optical topology sheet: By importing this sheet, users can quickly create topology
views, including creating optical splitters under ports and moving ONUs to other
optical splitters. This function improves O&M efficiency.
NCE provides a solution for fast ONU deployment. With the solution, engineers visit
sites only once (for installing devices) and complete ONU deployment in the following
five steps:
a. Plan data: With an Excel-based planning tool, engineers can easily copy and paste
data when configuring a large amount of data.
b. Perform offline deployment: Import Excel sheets that contain planned data to NCE
and pre-provision services offline.
c. Install ONUs: Only the hardware installation engineers need to visit the sites to
install ONUs. There is no need for on-site software commissioning.
d. Activate services: Power on ONUs. The PnP feature takes effect.
e. Perform remote acceptance: Engineers do not need to visit the sites. Instead, NEs
automatically report acceptance results without manual intervention.
Figure 8-39 shows the FTTx predeployment flowchart.

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Figure 8-39 FTTx predeployment flowchart

Service Provisioning
NCE provides three FTTx service provisioning methods. All the methods can provision
services quickly, regardless of whether an OSS is interconnected.
l Automatic provisioning with an OSS
NCE provides standard and open NBIs, which enable fast OSS integration for the FTTx
solution.
l Sheet-based service provisioning
NCE supports convenient and fast ONU predeployment and service preconfiguration for
the FTTx solution. Service provisioning is automated, saving the costs caused by manual
intervention.
l FTTx service template
NCE provides templates for provisioning FTTx services. Carriers can customize service
templates for their customers and provision services in a one-click manner. In this way,
services can be provisioned efficiently and accurately.

Network Maintenance
l FTTx topology management
– ODN view: displays PON ports, optical splitters, fibers, and ONUs on OLTs as well
as a complete network topology of type C protection.

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– Hand-in-hand view: displays a complete hand-in-hand topology.

l HQoS for FTTH services

NCE provides private-line and VIP customers with dedicated management terminals to
implement hierarchical ONT monitoring and improve service assurance capabilities.
– Hierarchical ONT management by user-defined level
– KPI monitoring at the gold, silver, and copper levels for different levels of ONTs
– Custom topology views for different levels of ONTs
– Batch alarm suppression by ONT level to reduce user-undesired alarms
l E2E FTTB and FTTH service query and diagnosis
NCE provides a view that displays E2E services from OLTs to MDUs or from OLTs to
ONTs. It also provides various testing and diagnosis functions to locate faults. These
functions facilitate maintenance and troubleshooting.

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l MDU PnP after replacement

If an MDU is faulty, users need to locate the fault and recover services quickly. However,
it is time-consuming to repair the MDU hardware. Users are advised to directly replace
the faulty MDU and send it to the maintenance center for repair. With the MDU PnP
feature, users only need to rebind the MAC address or SN of the MDU on NCE. Then
NCE automatically restores the MDU configurations and versions, eliminating the need
for reconfiguration on site or on the OSS.
Figure3 shows the flowchart of MDU PnP after replacement.

Figure 8-40 MDU PnP after replacement

l Automatic batch ONT upgrade

– NCE automatically upgrades newly installed ONTs before provisioning services to
them.
– NCE automatically upgrades existing ONTs based on the ONT types, versions, and
upgrade policies.

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8.4 Backbone

8.4.1 Optical Backbone

Networking Scenario
When the Internet is shifted to clouds, DCs become traffic centers. East-west DC traffic keeps
growing, and data center interconnect (DCI) plays an important role on optical backbone
networks.
As shown in Figure 8-41, cloud DC services may be dynamically adjusted at any time,
changing the way to construct and deliver apps and also presenting new challenges on the
infrastructure network design and capacity planning. The static service configuration methods
for legacy networks cannot meet fast service release requirements in dynamic cloud
environments. The fixed bandwidth plans formulated based on peak traffic cannot adapt to
varying requirements, which reduces resource usage and causes bandwidth waste.

Figure 8-41 DCI network

Solution
As shown in Figure 2, NCE enables an intent-driven TSDN network that meets the flexible
transmission requirements of optical backbone networks.
l The forwarding plane at the infrastructure layer uses OSN 9800s and OSN 8800s (which
are large-capacity MS-OTN and DWDM devices) to deliver high-bandwidth and short-
delay transparent transmission pipes.
l NCE is deployed at the management and control layer to provide one-stop, automated
private line provisioning, centralized service control, and northbound openness and
integration capabilities.

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Figure 8-42 DCI solution

Features
The following describes the key features of NCE in the DCI scenario:
l Agile provisioning of optical connections
– Service provisioning takes mere minutes. TTM is shortened, and new DC services
can be developed quickly.
– Flexible bandwidth policies are provided for carriers to adjust bandwidths for
tenants at any time, meeting the requirements of frequent service migration and
scheduling between DCs. For example, by using the bandwidth reservation
function, different service departments of a tenant can use limited pipe resources in
a staggered manner.
l Northbound openness
– Through RESTful NBIs, carriers can develop customized tenant portals to achieve
e-commerce-style operations for stronger competitiveness and shorter TTM.
– Through standardized network models, service models, and NBIs, carriers can use
orchestrators to uniformly orchestrate transport and DCN networks and automate
E2E O&M.

8.4.2 IP Backbone
IP backbone network resources are visualized, adjustable, automated, and open, enabling
efficient, automatic O&M and dynamic resource adjustment.

Features
l DCI: Ubiquitous access implements interconnection of traditional DCs and cloud DCs.
Tenant-level service isolation and MPLS network optimization ensure guarantee tenant
SLAs.
l DC or MAN outbound optimization (IP backbone traffic optimization): Traffic data is
visualized from multiple dimensions. IP backbone networks are optimized based on IP,
AS, and community attributes. Link load is balanced on the IDC or MAN outbound
interfaces, and special assurance is offered to VIP customers.

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l MPLS backbone traffic optimization: RSVP-TE/SR MPLS networks are optimized

based on multi-dimensional algorithms, which not only leverages resources within a
___domain but also guarantees SLAs.
l Network analysis and optimization: Performance data can be collected and analyzed on
extra-large networks. Through network status, service traffic, and quality visualization,
traffic and quality are monitored in real time, and network change trends can be
perceived, improving O&M efficiency and reducing OPEX. In addition, users can
customize flexible optimization policies to optimize network traffic, provide
differentiated services for tenant traffic, play back the optimization results, and view
historical information.

8.4.3 IP+Optical Synergy Solution

8.4.3.1 Introduction

8.4.3.1.1 Definition
The SDN IP+optical solution provided by Huawei reshapes the resource configuration pattern
of traditional networks. This solution achieves effective synergy between IP and optical
networks through software-based network configuration control, simplifying network O&M
and improving network intelligence and automation.
As optical network techniques develop and the GMPLS control plane is introduced to optical
networks, these networks can now dynamically schedule resources. Most commonly used
optical network techniques are reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) and
optical transport network (OTN).
With SDN in mind, Huawei has defined a new backbone network architecture featuring SDN
IP+optical synergy in this solution. Specifically, Huawei has defined:
l A new network architecture, which consists of a series of integrated software modules
for network planning and control, network traffic analysis, policy management, service
provisioning
l Relationships between software modules and interfaces between software modules and
network layers
l A collaboration mechanism between IP and optical networks
The SDN IP+optical solution uses the SDN architecture to effectively synergize IP/MPLS and
optical resources on backbone networks, improve resource utilization, increase O&M
efficiency, and reduce total cost of ownership (TCO).
Figure 8-43 shows this architecture, which consists of the application, network management
and control, and infrastructure network layers.

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Figure 8-43 IP+optical solution architecture

l Application layer
This layer provides interconnection with various applications, including third-party
applications, carrier BSSs/OSSs, and network and service planning tools. Currently, this
layer only supports interconnection with the network and service planning tool. This tool
provides network planning and simulation for carrier services and various application
innovation functions.
l Network management and control layer
The control layer consists of the super controller, IP controller, and optical controller.
This layer supports service automation and policy management. It detects network
topology changes in real time and calculates service forwarding paths based on the real-
time network topology to implement real-time and intelligent network control. This layer
provides NETCONF, PCEP, BGP-LS and OSPF-TE interfaces in the southbound
direction. This layer manages and controls both the IP and optical networks.
In this solution, this layer manages planned IP+optical multi-layer data, multi-layer link
protection policies, and multi-layer link disjoint policies, collects IP+optical network
topology and service information, automates network deployment based on planned data,
implements multi-layer service protection and restoration based on configured policies,
and displays visual multi-layer network and service topologies based on collected
information.
The network management layer performs basic configurations on infrastructure network
devices for Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security (FCAPS)
management.
In the SDN IP+optical solution, the network management layer performs basic
configurations on both optical network devices and controllers to implement FCAPS
management.
l Infrastructure network layer
The infrastructure network layer consists of two sub-layers: IP layer and optical layer.
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devices. Devices at the infrastructure network layer receive specific forwarding entries
from the controller and establish or tear down E2E service forwarding paths based on
these entries.
Network devices use protocols such as NETCONF, PCEP, BGP-LS and OSPF-TE to
communicate with controllers, and use protocols such as NETCONF and Qx to
communicate with the NMS.
l NMS
The NMS performs basic configurations on infrastructure network devices for fault,
configuration, accounting, performance, security (FCAPS) management.
In the SDN IP+optical solution, the NMS performs basic configurations on both optical
network devices and controllers.

8.4.3.1.2 Benefits
The SDN IP+optical solution meets the requirements of backbone network traffic in the cloud
era, adapts to new information consumption modes, quickly responds to changes, reduces
O&M costs, and improves customer experience
Specifically, this solution offers the following benefits:
l Improved network deployment efficiency
The unified management of backbone network resources improves network automation,
reduces manual workload required for service provisioning, and improves network
deployment efficiency.
l Quick response to service requirements
With interaction between the control planes of the IP and optical networks, the IP layer is
able to trigger dynamic reallocation of optical resources to quickly adapt to traffic
changes.
l High resource utilization efficiency
Multi-layer service traffic scheduling ensures real-time optimization of network resource
distribution, improving network resource utilization.
l Good network maintenance experience
Multi-layer topology display in real time simplifies service deployment and makes
service quality visible and controllable, greatly improving user experience.

8.4.3.2 Usage Scenarios

Automated Multi-layer Network Deployment
The IP+optical solution supports automated IP+optical network deployment. Automated IP
+optical network deployment refers to the process in which the centralized SDN controllers
classify optical resources and router interfaces into a resource pool and drive the IP and
optical layers to automatically establish multi-layer links and optical paths based on network
deployment configurations delivered through the multi-layer link management UI. This
process prepares the network for subsequent service deployment.
Figure 8-44 shows a scenario for automated multi-layer network deployment.

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Figure 8-44 Automated multi-layer network deployment

Table 8-13 Automated network deployment process

No. Deployment Description
Process

Planning and NCE (Super) imports planned multi-layer link topology data,
import of multi- including multi-layer links, multi-layer link protection groups,
layer links and multi-layer link disjoint groups.
NCE (Super) converts the imported multi-layer link disjoint
group data to client service disjoint group configurations and
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No. Deployment Description

Process

Multi-layer link A user performs multi-layer link activation on NCE (Super)'s

activation multi-layer link management page.
NCE (Super) decomposes this operation into client service
configurations for NCE (Transport Domain) and multi-layer link
configurations for NCE (IP Domain).

Network Interconnection
The IP+optical solution supports vertical multi-layer interconnection between IP services on
the backbone network and optical services. Generally, IP+optical single-___domain services refer
to IP single-___domain services and optical single-___domain service, and IP+ optical multi-___domain
services refer to IP single-___domain services and optical multi-___domain services. An IP ___domain
is divided by a router ___domain and generally refers to an AS ___domain. Optical domains are
classified by device vendors. Generally, transport devices from one vendor are placed in one
optical ___domain. IP+optical solution V100R018C00 supports only single-___domain and single-
vendor scenarios.
Specifically, this solution supports the following interconnection scenarios:
l IP (OTN board) + WDM (OTN tributary board) + WSON
Optical-layer ASON (WSON) is enabled on the WDM network. Routers use OTN
boards to interconnect with OTN tributary boards on WDM devices.

l IP (OTN board) + WDM (OTN tributary board) + ASON

Electrical-layer ASON is enabled on the WDM network. Routers use OTN boards to
interconnect with OTN tributary boards on WDM devices.

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l IP (packet board) + WDM (OTN tributary board) + WSON

WSON is enabled on the WDM network. Routers use packet boards (Ethernet boards) to
interconnect with OTN tributary boards on WDM devices.

l IP (packet board) + WDM (OTN tributary board) + ASON

Electrical-layer ASON is enabled on the WDM network. Routers use packet boards
(Ethernet boards) to interconnect with OTN tributary boards on WDM devices.

Multi-Layer Protection
The IP+optical solution provides multi-layer protection and can protect IP+optical services
with minimum resources to reduce TCO.
In an IP+optical scenario, faults can be classified into optical faults and non-optical faults
based on the locations of points of failure.
l Optical fault: refers to a fault on a device that resides on the optical layer, such as an
optical port or NE fault.
l Non-optical fault: refers to a fault on a device that does not reside on the optical layer,
such as a pigtail fault.
Figure 8-45 shows typical fault scenarios.

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Figure 8-45 Multi-layer protection scenarios

IP+optical multi-layer protection uses methods such as optical fiber redundancy, port
redundancy, and router redundancy to protect services against different fault scenarios. Table
8-14 describes these protection methods.

Table 8-14 Protection switching modes

Protection Switching Fault Protection Description
Mode Scenari Principle
o

Multi-Layer Restoration Optical Optical fiber After an optical fault occurs, the
by Optical ASON port redundancy transport network automatically
(MLR-O) fault triggers ASON rerouting.

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Protection Switching Fault Protection Description

Mode Scenari Principle
o

Multi-Layer Restoration Optical Router If ASON rerouting fails, the IP

by router Aggregation NE fault redundancy network triggers multi-layer link
(MLR-A) protection switching and switches
service traffic to the protection link
where the redundant aggregation
router resides.

Multi-Layer Restoration Pigtail Port The IP network performs a multi-

by router Port (MLR-P) fault redundancy layer link switchover in the multi-
layer link protection group to switch
service traffic to the protection link
where the redundant router port
resides.

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9 Specifications

NCE specifications mainly include performance specifications and management capabilities.

9.1 Performance Specifications

System Performance Indicators

Table 9-1 System performance indicators

Category Indicator Value

System startup System startup time ≤ 10 minutes

and shutdown (70% of the
management capacity)

System shutdown time ≤ 5 minutes

(70% of the
management capacity)

Database backup time ≤ 60 minutes

Database restoration time ≤ 120 minutes

Storage capacity Current alarms ≤ 100,000

Historical alarms ≤ 2,000,000

Saved in the database for a maximum of 180
days

Logs (operation logs ≤ 1,000,000

and system logs) Saved in the database for a maximum of 90
days

Topology Links ≤ 200,000

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Category Indicator Value

Subnets The number of subnets is not limited. It is

recommended that a subnet contain 200
physical NEs, but not more than 500
physical NEs. Subnets can be nested for a
maximum of six layers.

Processing Response to alarms ≤ 10 seconds (from alarm generation on

capability devices to display on NCE)

Performance l SNMP: ≤ 180,000 performance

collection instances/15 minutes
l Qx: ≤ 80,000 equivalent records/15
minutes
l NetStream: ≤ 250,000 streams/second
l Telemetry: ≤ 240,000 objects/second

Alarm handling 100-400 alarms/second

l When managing only access devices,
NCE can handle 50 alarms per second.
l When managing only IP or transport
devices, NCE can handle 100 alarms per
second.

NCE user Users ≤ 4000

management
capability User groups ≤ 400

Object sets ≤ 100

Operation sets ≤ 1000

Concurrent NE upgrade ≤ 60

HWECC/IP over GNEs ≤ 3000

DCC networking NOTE
capacity A single instance can manage 500 GNEs.

NEs under each GNE ≤ 60

NOTE
It is advisable to connect no more than 50 NEs to
a single GNE.

What-if analysis See Table 9-2.

Table 9-2 What-if analysis performance indicators

Indicator Maximum Value

Total number of equivalent NEs 6000

Total number of equivalent routes 40 million

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Indicator Maximum Value

Total number of flows 100,000

Total number of links 30,000

Period of load data that can be synchronized 7 days

Number of fault points that can be created 50

Duration of fault simulation analysis < 1 hour

Number of users who can concurrently 1

perform fault analysis

Number of users who can concurrently view 5

analysis results

NOTE

The number of equivalent routes is calculated as follows:

Number of equivalent routes = Number of preferred routes x Equivalent

coefficient
ProtocolType = {Direct, Static, OSPF, IS-IS, BGP, VPN, FIB}
The equivalent coefficient varies depending on the protocol type. For details, see Table 9-3.
For example, if there are 10,000 direct routes, 20,000 static routes, 100,000 OSPF routes, 30,000 IS-IS
routes, 20,000 BGP routes, 150,000 VPN routes, and 50,000 FIB routes, then:
Number of equivalent routes = 10,000 x 1 + 20,000 x 1 + 100,000 x 1.5 + 30,000 x 1.5 + 20,000 x 1.6
+ 150,000 x 1.6 + 50,000 x 1 = 547,000

Table 9-3 Equivalent coefficients for different protocols

Protocol Type Equivalent Coefficient

Direct 1

Static 1

OSPF 1.5

IS-IS 1.5

BGP 1.6

VPN 1.6

FIB 1

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DCN Bandwidth Requirements

Table 9-4 Bandwidth configuration requirements for NCE (Transport Domain), NCE (Access
Domain) or NCE (IP Domain)
Item Requirement

Network delay < 50 ms

Packet loss rate < 0.1%

Bandwidth between ≥ 1000 Mbit/s

VM nodes

Bandwidth between A bandwidth over 2 Mbit/s is recommended for communication

the server and between a single client and the server. The minimum bandwidth
clients cannot be less than 128 kbit/s (for example, for a laptop). If the
bandwidth is less than 128 kbit/s, NCE operation efficiency may fail
to meet requirements.
Bandwidth for communication between the server and clients =
Bandwidth between a single client and the server x Number of
clients

Bandwidth between ≥ 2 Mbit/s

the server and
OSSs

Bandwidth between Manager, Controller, and Analyzer have different bandwidth

the server and NEs requirements. The required minimum bandwidth is the sum of
bandwidths for deploying Manager, Controller, and Analyzer.
l Controller Committed Information Rate (CIR): N x 2 kbit/s (at
least 4 Mbit/s)
l Manager CIR: N x 1 kbit/s (at least 4 Mbit/s)
l Analyzer CIR of the bandwidth for basic performance data
collection: 20 Mbit/s
l Analyzer CIR for telemetry collection: 1.2 Gbit/s (6000
equivalent NEs)
NOTE
N indicates the number of equivalent NEs.

Bandwidth between A replication link is configured between the primary and secondary
the primary and sites in the DR system for real-time data synchronization.
secondary sites of CIRs of the replication link bandwidth are as follows:
the DR system
l If N is 6000, the CIR is 30 Mbit/s.
l If N is 15,000, the CIR is 50 Mbit/s.
l If telemetry second-level collection is deployed, additional 20
Mbit/s needs to be added to the bandwidth.
NOTE
N indicates the number of equivalent NEs.

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Table 9-5 Bandwidth configuration requirements for NCE (Super)

Item Requirement

Network delay < 50 ms

Packet loss rate < 0.1%

Bandwidth between ≥ 1000 Mbit/s

VM nodes

Bandwidth between ≥ 100 Mbit/s

the server and
southbound devices

Bandwidth between ≥ 10 Mbit/s

the server and
clients

Bandwidth between ≥ 10 Mbit/s

the server and OSS

Bandwidth between A replication link is configured between the primary and secondary
the primary and sites in the DR system for real-time data synchronization.
secondary sites of CIRs of the replication link bandwidth are as follows:
the DR system
l If N is 15,000, the CIR is 50 Mbit/s.
l If N is 30,000, the CIR is 100 Mbit/s.
l If N is 50,000, the CIR is 150 Mbit/s.
NOTE
N indicates the number of equivalent NEs.

9.2 Management Capabilities

9.2.1 Maximum Management Capabilities

The number of equivalent NEs, number of clients, and number of physical nodes are key
indicators for measuring the management capability of NCE. On the network consisting of
different types of NEs, the measurement is also affected by the following factors:
l Hardware configurations
l Number of physical nodes
Table 9-6 describes the maximum capabilities of NCE.

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Table 9-6 Maximum capabilities

Management Capability Value

Number of equivalent NEs l NCE (Transport Domain): ≤ 6000

l NCE (IP Domain): ≤ 6000
l NCE (Access Domain): ≤ 6000

Number of clients ≤ 100

Number of physical NEs NCE (Access Domain): ≤ 60,000 MDUs

NCE (Super):
l SDNWAN: <=50,000 NEs
l SDNWAN+Analyzer (network basic): <=50,000
NEs
NOTE
NCE (Transport Domain) and NCE (IP Domain), only raise
requirements on the number of equivalent NEs.

Number of ONTs See Table 9-7.

Number of CMs See Table 9-7.

Number of SDH trails Number of equivalent NEs x 20

l Common scenario: ≤ 500,000
l TSDN networking scenario: ≤ 24,000

Number of WDM trails Number of equivalent NEs x 10

l Common scenario: ≤ 300,000
l TSDN networking scenario:
– Layer 1 services: ≤ 12,000
– Layer 2 services: ≤ 24,000
– ODUk trails: ≤ 12,000
– OCh trails: ≤ 4500

Number of IP service access Number of equivalent NEs x 20

interfaces (SAIs) In TSDN networking scenario: Number of L2
services ≤ 24,000

Number of Tunnels Number of equivalent NEs x 6

Controller can manage a maximum of 64,000 tunnels.

Number of Multi-Domain Services Number of physical NEs x 10.

Table 9-7 describes the maximum management capabilities (measured by lines or ports) in
typical access scenarios (FTTH, FTTB/C, and MSAN/DSLAM). If more than one scenario is
involved, convert the management capabilities in these scenarios to equivalent NEs. The sum
of these equivalent NEs is the management capability of NCE.

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Table 9-7 Management capabilities in different access scenarios

Network FTTH FTTB/C DSLAM/ D-CCAP
Scale Scenario Scenario MSAN Scenario
Scenario

Medium-scale: 600,000 lines 600,000 lines 1,000,000 lines 400,000 CMs

2000-6000
equivalent NEs

9.2.2 Equivalent Coefficients

Equivalent coefficients are the ratios of the resources occupied by physical NEs or ports to the
resources occupied by equivalent NEs.

Definition
l Equivalent NE: a uniform criterion used to describe and calculate the management
capabilities of NCE. This criterion is needed because different types of NEs occupy
different system resources to support different functions, features, cross-connect
capacities, and numbers of boards, ports, and channels. Therefore, different types of NEs
and ports must be converted to equivalent NEs based on the number of system resources
they occupy. An equivalent NE occupies as many system resources as an STM-1
transport NE.
l Equivalent coefficient: Resources occupied by physical NEs or ports/Resources occupied
by equivalent NEs

Calculation
The number of equivalent NEs that NCE can manage is calculated according to the following
rules:
l Basic unit of equivalent NEs: OptiX OSN 1800 I
l The equivalent coefficients of virtual and third-party NEs are 1. A preconfigured NE is
equal to a real NE. The equivalent coefficient of OEM devices is the same as that of
Huawei devices.
l Number of equivalent NEs = Number of NEs of type 1 x Equivalent coefficient of type 1
+ ... + Number of NEs of type n x Equivalent coefficient of type n

9.2.2.1 Equivalent NEs in the Transport Domain

Number of equivalent NEs in the transport ___domain = Number of transport NEs of type 1 x
Equivalent coefficient of type 1 + ... + Number of transport NEs of type n x Equivalent
coefficient of type n

NOTE

For example, if there are 5 OptiX OSN 9500s (equivalent coefficient: 10), 10 OptiX OSN 7500s
(equivalent coefficient: 6.5), and 100 OptiX OSN 3500s (equivalent coefficient: 4.5), then:
Number of equivalent NEs in the transport ___domain = 5 x 10 + 10 x 6.5 + 100 x 4.5 = 565

Table 9-8 describes the equivalent coefficients for NEs in the transport ___domain.

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Table 9-8 Equivalent coefficients for NEs in transport ___domain

NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

OSN series OptiX OSN 50 0.5

OptiX OSN 80 2

OptiX OSN 500 1

OptiX OSN 550 2.5

OptiX OSN 580 4

OptiX OSN 1500 2.5

OptiX OSN 1500 (ASON) 3.5

OptiX OSN 2000 2

OptiX OSN 2500 3.5

OptiX OSN 2500 REG

OptiX OSN 2500 (ASON) 4.5

OptiX OSN 2500REG (ASON)

OptiX OSN 3500 4.5

OptiX OSN 3500 (ASON) 6.5

OptiX OSN 3580 4.5

OptiX OSN 7500 6.5

OptiX OSN 7500 (ASON) 10

OptiX OSN 7500 II 6.5

OptiX OSN 9500 10

OptiX OSN 9500 (ASON) 15

OptiX OSN 9560 20

OptiX OSN 9560 (ASON) 25

MSTP series OptiX Metro 100 0.5

OptiX Metro 200 0.5

OptiX Metro 500 1

OptiX 155/622H (Metro 1000) 1

OptiX Metro 1000V3 1

OptiX Metro 1050 1.5

OptiX Metro 1100 1.5

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

OptiX 155/622 (Metro 2050) 2

OptiX 2500+ (Metro 3000) 3

OptiX Metro 3100 3

OptiX 10G (Metro 5000) 4

SDH series OptiX 155C 1

OptiX 155S 1

OptiX 155/622B 2

OptiX 2500 3

OptiX 2500 REG 1.5

Metro WDM series OptiX Metro 6020 1

OptiX Metro 6040 1

OptiX Metro 6040 V2 1

OptiX Metro 6100 1.5

OptiX Metro 6100V1 1.5

OptiX Metro 6100V1E 1.5

OptiX OSN 900A 1

LH WDM series OptiX BWS OAS, OptiX BWS 1.5

OCS, OptiX BWS OIS

OptiX BWS 320GV3 1.5

OptiX BWS 1600G Subrack 1.5 x N

OptiX BWS 1600G OLA Subrack N indicates the number of

subracks.

OptiX OTU40000 1

Marine series OptiX SLM 1630 1

OptiX PFE 1670 1

OptiX BWS 1600S 1.5

OptiX BWS 1600S T16 4

NG WDM series OptiX OSN 1800 1

OptiX OSN 1800 II E 2

OptiX OSN 1800 II E (TSDN) 3

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

OptiX OSN 1800 V Subrack 4xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 1800 V (ASON or 5xN

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 1832 X8 1

OptiX OSN 1832 X8 E 2

OptiX OSN 1832 X16 4

OptiX OSN 3800 1.5

OptiX OSN 3800 (ASON or 3.5

TSDN)

OptiX OSN 6800 Subrack 2xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 6800 (ASON or 4xN

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 8800 Subrack 2xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 8800 T16 Subrack 4xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 8800 T16 (ASON or 8xN

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 8800 T32 Subrack 6xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 8800 T32 (ASON or 10 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 8800 T64 Subrack 12 x N

N indicates the number of
subracks.

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

OptiX OSN 8800 T64 (ASON or 16 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 Subrack 2xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 (ASON or 4xN

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 U16 Subrack 6xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 U16 (ASON or 10 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 U32 Subrack 10 x N

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 U32 (ASON or 14 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 U64 Subrack 20 x N

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 U64 (ASON or 24 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 M24 Subrack 6xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9600 M24 (ASON or 10 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 Subrack 2xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

OptiX OSN 9800 (ASON or 4xN

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 U16 Subrack 6xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 U16 (ASON or 10 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 U32 Subrack 10 x N

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 U32 (ASON or 14 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 U64 Subrack 20 x N

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 U64 (ASON or 24 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 M24 Subrack 6xN

N indicates the number of
subracks.

OptiX OSN 9800 M24 (ASON or 10 x N

TSDN) Subrack N indicates the number of
subracks.

HUAWEI OSN902 1

RTN series OptiX RTN 310 0.5

OptiX RTN 320 1

OptiX RTN 380 1

OptiX RTN 380e 1

OptiX RTN 380H 1

OptiX RTN 605 0.4

OptiX RTN 610 0.4

OptiX RTN 620 0.5

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

OptiX RTN 905 0.5

OptiX RTN 905e 0.5

OptiX RTN 910 0.5

OptiX RTN 910A 0.5

OptiX RTN 950/950A 1

OptiX RTN 980 2.5

OptiX RTN 510 0.5

OptiX RTN 560 0.5

NEC 5000S 1

OptiX RTN FlexPort80 1

OptiX RTN 360 1

OptiX RTN 980L 2.5

PTP 250 1

PTP 500 1

PTP 650 1

PMP 450 1

X-1200 1

9.2.2.2 Equivalent NEs in the IP Domain

Number of equivalent NEs in the IP ___domain = Number of IP NEs of type 1 x Equivalent
coefficient of type 1 + ... + Number of IP NEs of type n x Equivalent coefficient of type n

NOTE

For example, if there are 5 NE5000Es (equivalent coefficient: 10), 200 S5300s (equivalent coefficient:
1.25), and 1000 CX200s (equivalent coefficient: 0.625), then:
Number of equivalent NEs in the IP ___domain = 5 x 10 + 200 x 1.25 + 1000 x 0.625 = 925

Equivalent coefficients of NEs in the IP ___domain are shown in Table 9-9 describes the
equivalent coefficients for NEs in the IP ___domain.

Table 9-9 Equivalent coefficients for NEs in the IP ___domain

NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

Router NE05/NE08(E)/NE16(E) 0.75

NE05E-S/NE05E-M 0.5

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

NE08E-S/NE08E-M 1.0

NE20/NE20E 1.25

NE20E-S4 0.5

NE20E-S8/S16 1.0

NE20E-M2E/NE20E-M2F 0.5

NE40/NE80 5.0

NE40E-X1 0.5

NE40E-X2 1.0

NE40E-X3 1.25

NE40E-4 1.25

NE40E-X8 2.5

NE40E-8 2.5

NE40E-X16 5.0

NE40E-M2E/NE40E-M2F/ 0.5
NE40E-M2H

NE80E 5.0

NE5000E 10.0 x N
N indicates the number of
chassis.

AR150 0.125

AR200 0.125

AR1200/AR2200/AR3200/ 0.25
AR3600

NE16EX 0.25

R series 1.0

AR18/19/28/29/46/49 series 0.25

NE9000 10.0

RM9000 1.0

Switch S2000 series 0.125

S2300 series 0.625

S2700 series 0.625

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

S3000 series 0.125

S3300 series 0.75

S3500 series 0.125

S3700 series 0.75

S3900 series 0.125

S5000 series 0.25

S5300 series 1.25

S5500 series 0.25

S5600 series 0.25

S5700 series 1.25

S6300 series 1.25

S6500 series 0.75

S6700 series 1.25

S7800 series 1.25

S8016 series 1.25

S8500 series 1.25

S7703 series 2.0

S7706 series 3.5

S7712 series 6.0

S9303/S9303E series 2.0

S9306/S9306E series 3.5

S9312/S9312E series 6.0

S9700 series 6.0

S12700 series 6.0

E628 series 1.25

E652 series 1.25

Data center switch CE12804 6.0

CE12808 8.0

CE12812 10.0

CE8800 series 1.25

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

CE7800 series 1.25

CE6800 series 1.25

CE5800 series 1.25

PTN6900 series PTN6900-1/PTN6900-1-M4 0.5

PTN6900-2/PTN6900-2-M8/ 1.0
PTN6900-2-M16

PTN6900-3 1.25

PTN6900-8 2.5

PTN6900-16 5.0

OptiX PTN series OptiX PTN 1900 2.5

OptiX PTN 3900 4.5

OptiX PTN 3900-8 4

OptiX PTN 912 0.5

OptiX PTN 910 0.5

OptiX PTN 910-F 0.4

OptiX PTN 910E-F 0.5

OptiX PTN 950 1

OptiX PTN 960 1.5

OptiX PTN 905 0.4

OptiX PTN 905A 0.4

OptiX PTN 905B 0.4

OptiX PTN 905E 0.4

OptiX PTN 905G 0.4

OptiX PTN 906A 0.4

OptiX PTN 906AI 0.4

OptiX PTN 990 2.5

OptiX PTN 970 2.5

OptiX PTN 6900 5

OptiX PTN 7900-32 5.5

OptiX PTN 7900-24 5

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

OptiX PTN 7900-12 4.5

OptiX PTN 7900E 5.5

ATN series ATN 910/910I/910B/910C 0.5

ATN 905 0.25

ATN 950 1.0

ATN 950B 1.0

ATN 950C 1.0

ATN 980 1.0

ATN 980B 1.0

ATN 990 1.0

ETN series ETN 500 0.25

ETN 550-A 1.0

MAN service CX200 series 0.625

platform
CX300 series 1.25

CX600-X1 0.5

CX600-X2 1.0

CX600-X3 1.25

CX600-4 1.25

CX600-X8 2.5

CX600-8 2.5

CX600-X16 5.0

CX600-16 5.0

CX600-M2E/CX600-M2F/CX600- 0.5
M2H

CX6620 10.0

CX6608 5.0

EGW EGW2100 series 0.25

EGW2200 series 0.25

EGW3200 series 0.25

Firewall Eudemon 300/500/1000 0.5

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Eudemon 100E 0.25

NGFW 0.5

Eudemon 200E series 0.25

Eudemon 200E-X 0.25

Eudemon 200S 0.25

Eudemon 1000E series 0.75

Eudemon 1000E-X 0.75

Eudemon 8040 3.0

Eudemon 8080 6.0

Eudemon 8080E 4.0

Eudemon 8160E 8.0

Eudemon 8000E-X3 1.5

Eudemon 8000E-X8 4.0

Eudemon 8000E-X16 8.0

Eudemon 6080E 4.0

NE40E-FW 4.0

NE80E-FW 8.0

vRouter6000V series 0.75

USG USG9110 2.0

USG9120 4.0

USG9310 4.0

USG9320 8.0

USG9520 1.5

USG9560 4.0

USG9580 8.0

USG5500 series 0.75

USG5300 series 0.75

USG5100 series 0.25

USG3000 0.25

USG2100 series 0.25

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USG2200 series 0.25

USG50 0.25

SRG SRG1200 series 0.25

SRG20 series 0.25

SRG2200 series 0.25

SRG3200 series 0.25

SRG1300 series 0.25

SRG2300 series 0.25

SRG3300 series 0.25

SIG SIG9810 4.0

SIG9820 8.0

SIG9800-X3 1.5

SIG9800-X8 4.0

SIG9800-X16 8.0

SIG Server 4.0

URL Classify Server 0.25

RADIUS Proxy 0.25

SeMG9811 SeMG9811-X3 1.5

SeMG9811-X8 4.0

SeMG9811-X16 8.0

NE-DPI NE40E-DPI 4.0

NE80E-DPI 8.0

NE40E80E-DPI Server 4.0

URL Classify Server-DPI 0.25

RADIUS Proxy-DPI 0.25

SVN SVN3000 0.25

SVN2200 0.25

SVN5300 0.75

SVN5500 0.75

ASG ASG2100 0.25

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ASG2200 0.25

ASG2600 0.75

ASG2800 0.75

NIP NIP6600 0.75

CE-FWA CE-FWA 0.75

CE-IPSA CE-IPSA 0.75

OP-Bypass OP-Bypass 0.25

iCache iCache9200 RSS 1.0

iCache9200 DSS 1.0

iCache9200 MSS 1.0

iCache9200 CSS-HTTP 1.0

iCache9200 CSS-BT 1.0

iCache9200 CSS-EM 1.0

iCache9200 CSS-WEB 1.0

iCache9200 CSS-PPS 1.0

iCache9200 CSS-PPL 1.0

iCache9200 CSS-QQL 1.0

Broadband access MA5200E/F series 1.5

MA5200G series 10.0

ME60 series 10.0

BGW9916 5.0

Voice gateway VG1040/1041 series 0.25

VNE1000 VNE1000 (Throughput < 500M) 0.25

VNE1000 (500M ≤ Throughput < 0.75

5G)

VNE1000 (5G ≤ Throughput < 1.25

20G)

VNE1000 (20G ≤ Throughput < 2

100G)

VNE9000 VNE9000 (Throughput < 500M) 0.25

VNE9000 (500M ≤ Throughput < 0.75

5G)

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VNE9000 (5G ≤ Throughput < 1.25

20G)

VNE9000 (20G ≤ Throughput < 2

100G)

VSIG9800 VSIG9800 (Throughput < 500M) 0.25

VSIG9800 (500M ≤ Throughput < 0.75

5G)

VSIG9800 (5G ≤ Throughput < 1.25

20G)

VSIG9800 (20G ≤ Throughput < 2

100G)

9.2.2.3 Equivalent NEs in the Access Domain

Number of equivalent NEs in the access ___domain = Number of FTTx OLT equivalent NEs +
Number of FTTx MDU equivalent NEs + Number of MSAN equivalent NEs + Number of
DSLAM equivalent NEs + Number of other equivalent NEs

NOTE

Access capacity is measured by lines. In Table 9-10, each port is a line.

l Number of FTTx OLT equivalent NEs = Number of ONTs x Equivalent coefficient of ONTs +
Number of MDUs x Equivalent coefficient of MDUs + Number of P2P ports x Equivalent
coefficient of P2P ports
l Number of FTTx MDU equivalent NEs = Number of ports of type 1 x Equivalent coefficient of type
1 + ... + Number of ports of type n x Equivalent coefficient of type n
l Number of MSAN equivalent NEs = Number of ports of type 1 x Equivalent coefficient of type 1
+ ... + Number of ports of type n x Equivalent coefficient of type n
l Number of DSLAM equivalent NEs = Number of ports of type 1 x Equivalent coefficient of type 1
+ ... + Number of ports of type_n x Equivalent coefficient of type_n
l Number of other equivalent NEs = Number of NEs of type 1 x Equivalent coefficient of type 1 + ...
+ Number of NEs of type n x Equivalent coefficient of type n

Table 9-10 describes the equivalent coefficients for NEs in the access ___domain.

Table 9-10 Equivalent coefficients for NEs in the access ___domain

NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

FTTx OLT (calculated based ONT in the P2MP scenario 1/80

on the numbers of ONTs,
MDUs, and P2P ports) MDU in the P2MP scenario 1/32

P2P port 1/64

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NE Series NE Type Equivalent Coefficient

FTTx MDU (calculated xDSL port 1/128

based on the number of user
ports) E1 port 1/128

ETH port 1/128

POTS/ISDN BRA/ISDN 1/160

PRA port

CNU port 1/128

G.fast port 1/128

Serial port 1/64

MSAN (calculated based on xDSL port 1/128

the number of user ports)
E1 port 1/128

ETH port 1/128

POTS/ISDN BRA/ISDN 1/160

PRA port

DSLAM (calculated based xDSL port 1/128

on the number of user ports)
E1 port 1/128

ETH port 1/128

RPS (calculated based on RPS frame 1/3

the number of chassis)

EDFA (calculated based on EDFA 1/3

the number of NEs)

CCU (calculated based on CCU 1

the number of CCUs)

Other NEs (calculated based BITS 1

on NE types)
CMC (MA5633) 1

CM 1/200

Amplifier 1/40

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10 Version Requirements

10.1 Controllers and NMSs

Table 10-1 Version requirements for controllers and NMSs
Category Product Software Version

Huawei IP network NCE (IP Domain) V100R018C00

controller
Agile Controller-WAN V300R001C00
V300R001C10
V300R002C00
V300R002C10

Agile Controller-WAN (IP V300R001C10

RAN) V300R001C00
V300R002C00
V300R002C10

Huawei transport network NCE (Transport Domain) V100R018C00

controller
Agile Controller-Transport V100R001C00
V100R002C00
V100R003C00
V100R005C00

Third-party controller FIBERHOME V300R002C00

ZTE V300R002C00

Nokia NSP V100R001C00

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NMS U2000 V200R016C50

V200R016C60
V200R017C50
V200R017C60
V200R018C50

10.2 MSTP Series

The following table lists the MSTP series NE supported.

Table 10-2 MSTP series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OptiX Metro 100 N/A 5.42.05.10 (V100R005C00),

5.42.03.20, 5.42.03.10,
5.42.02.10, 5.42.01.30,
5.42.01.20, 5.42.01.10

OptiX Metro 1000V3 N/A 5.37.07.30 (V300R007C02),

5.37.07.20 (V300R007C01),
5.37.07.10 (V300R007C00),
5.37.06.10 (V300R006),
5.37.05.10 (V300R005),
5.37.04.10 (V300R004),
5.37.03.10 (V300R003),
5.37.02.30, 5.37.02.20,
5.37.02.10, 5.37.01.10

OptiX Metro 1050 N/A 5.19.04.30, 5.19.04.20,

5.19.04.10, 5.19.03.10,
5.19.02.10, 5.19.01.20,
5.19.01.10

OptiX Metro 1100 N/A 5.13.02.30, 5.13.02.20,

5.13.01.11, 5.13.01.10

OptiX Metro 200 N/A 5.24.04.20, 5.24.04.10,

5.24.03.10, 5.24.02.20,
5.24.01.10

OptiX Metro 3100 N/A 4.12.03.20, 4.12.03.10,

4.12.02.20, 4.12.02.15,
4.12.02.10, 4.12.02.02,
4.12.02.01

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OptiX Metro 500 N/A 5.24.05.10, 5.24.04.30,

5.24.04.20, 5.24.04.10,
5.24.03.10, 5.24.02.20,
5.17.01.20, 5.17.01.10

Table 10-3 OSN series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OptiX OSN 1500 N/A 5.36.34.80 (V200R015C30),

5.36.34.60 (V200R015C20),
5.36.34.30 (V200R015C10),
5.36.34.10 (V200R015C00),
5.36.33.70 (V200R013C30),
5.36.33.50 (V200R013C20),
5.36.33.30 (V200R013C10),
5.36.33.10 (V200R013C00),
5.36.32.50 (V200R012C01),
5.36.32.10 (V200R012C00),
5.36.31.70 (V200R011C03),
5.36.31.60 (V200R011C02),
5.36.31.50 (V200R011C01),
5.36.31.30 (V200R011C00),
5.36.30.10 (V100R009C03),
5.36.20.50 (V100R010C03),
5.36.20.40 (V100R010C02),
5.36.20.10 (V100R010C00),
5.36.19.40 (V100R009C02),
5.36.19.10 (V100R009C01),
5.36.18.40 (V100R008C02),
5.36.18.10 (V100R008C01),
5.36.17.10, 5.36.16.10,
5.36.15.10-5.36.15.99,
5.36.14.30-5.36.14.49,
5.36.14.10, 5.36.13.40,
5.36.12.40, 5.36.12.10,
5.36.11.10

OptiX OSN 2000 N/A 5.50.03.10 (V100R003),

5.50.02.20 (V100R002),
5.50.02.10, 5.50.01.10

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OptiX OSN 2500 N/A 5.36.20.50 (V100R010C03),

5.36.20.40 (V100R010C02),
5.36.20.10 (V100R010C00),
5.36.19.40 (V100R009C02),
5.36.19.10 (V100R009C01),
5.36.18.40 (V100R008C02),
5.36.18.10 (V100R008C01),
5.36.17.10, 5.36.16.10,
5.36.15.10-5.36.15.99,
5.36.14.30-5.36.14.49,
5.36.14.10, 5.36.13.40,
5.36.12.40, 5.36.12.10,
5.27.12.10, 5.27.01.10

OptiX OSN 2500REG N/A 5.43.13.10, 5.36.18.40,

5.36.13.40

OptiX OSN 3500 N/A 5.21.34.80 (V200R015C30),

5.21.34.60 (V200R015C20),
5.21.34.30 (V200R015C10),
5.21.34.10 (V200R015C00),
5.21.33.70 (V200R013C30),
5.21.33.50 (V200R013C20),
5.21.33.30 (V200R013C10),
5.21.33.10 (V200R013C00),
5.21.32.50 (V200R012C01),
5.21.32.10 (V200R012C00),
5.21.31.70 (V200R011C03),
5.21.31.60 (V200R011C02),
5.21.31.50 (V200R011C01),
5.21.31.30 (V200R011C00),
5.21.31.10 (V100R009C05),
5.21.30.10 (V100R009C03),
5.21.20.50 (V100R010C03),
5.21.20.40 (V100R010C02),
5.21.20.10 (V100R010C00),
5.21.19.40 (V100R009C02),
5.21.19.10 (V100R009C01),
5.21.18.44, 5.21.18.40
(V100R008C02), 5.21.18.10
(V100R008C01),
5.21.17.10, 5.21.16.10,
5.21.15.10-5.21.15.99,
5.21.14.30-5.21.14.59,
5.21.14.10, 5.21.13.40,
5.21.12.40, 5.21.12.10,
5.21.01.10

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OptiX OSN 3580 N/A 5.21.34.80 (V200R015C30),

5.21.34.60 (V200R015C20),
5.21.34.30 (V200R015C10),
5.21.34.10 (V200R015C00),
5.21.33.70 (V200R013C30),
5.21.33.50 (V200R013C20),
5.21.33.30 (V200R013C10),
5.21.33.10 (V200R013C00)

OptiX OSN 50 N/A 5.119.05.10

(V100R005C00)

OptiX OSN 500 5.62.08.60 (V100R008C50) 5.62.08.40 (V100R008C30),

5.62.08.30 (V100R008C20),
5.62.08.20 (V100R008C10),
5.62.08.10 (V100R008C00),
5.62.07.40 (V100R007C30),
5.62.07.30 (V100R007C20),
5.62.07.20 (V100R007C10),
5.62.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.62.06.20 (V100R006C01),
5.62.06.10 (V100R006C00),
5.62.05.30 (V100R005C02),
5.62.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.62.03.10 (V100R003C00),
5.62.02.10 (V100R002),
5.62.01.10 (V100R001)

OptiX OSN 550 5.81.08.60 (V100R008C50) 5.81.08.40 (V100R008C30),

5.81.08.30 (V100R008C20),
5.81.08.20 (V100R008C10),
5.81.08.10 (V100R008C00),
5.81.07.40 (V100R007C30),
5.81.07.30 (V100R007C20),
5.81.07.20 (V100R007C10),
5.81.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.81.06.20 (V100R006C01),
5.81.06.10 (V100R006C00),
5.81.05.30 (V100R005C02),
5.81.05.20 (V100R005C01),
5.81.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.81.03.10 (V100R003C00)

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OptiX OSN 580 5.125.08.60 5.125.08.40

(V100R008C50) (V100R008C30),
5.125.08.30
(V100R008C20),
5.125.08.20
(V100R008C10),
5.125.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.125.07.40
(V100R007C30),
5.125.07.30
(V100R007C20),
5.125.07.20
(V100R007C10)

OptiX OSN 7500 N/A 5.21.34.80 (V200R015C30),

5.21.34.60 (V200R015C20),
5.21.34.30 (V200R015C10),
5.21.34.10 (V200R015C00),
5.21.33.70 (V200R013C30),
5.21.33.50 (V200R013C20),
5.21.33.30 (V200R013C10),
5.21.33.10 (V200R013C00),
5.21.32.50 (V200R012C01),
5.21.32.10 (V200R012C00),
5.21.31.70 (V200R011C03),
5.21.31.60 (V200R011C02),
5.21.31.50 (V200R011C01),
5.21.31.30 (V200R011C00),
5.21.31.10 (V100R009C05),
5.21.20.50 (V100R010C03),
5.21.20.40 (V100R010C02),
5.21.20.10 (V100R010C00),
5.21.19.40 (V100R009C02),
5.21.19.10 (V100R009C01),
5.21.18.40 (V100R008C02),
5.21.18.10 (V100R008C01),
5.21.17.10, 5.21.16.10,
5.21.15.10-5.21.15.99,
5.21.14.30-5.21.14.49,
5.21.14.10, 5.21.13.40

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OptiX OSN 7500 II N/A 5.21.34.80 (V200R015C30),

5.21.34.60 (V200R015C20),
5.21.34.30 (V200R015C10),
5.21.34.10 (V200R015C00),
5.21.33.70 (V200R013C30),
5.21.33.50 (V200R013C20),
5.21.33.30 (V200R013C10),
5.21.33.10 (V200R013C00),
5.21.32.50 (V200R012C01),
5.21.32.10 (V200R012C00),
5.21.31.70 (V200R011C03),
5.21.31.60 (V200R011C02),
5.21.31.50 (V200R011C01)

OptiX OSN 80 N/A 5.120.03.10

(V100R003C00)

OptiX OSN 9500 N/A 5.15.06.50

(V100R006C05SPC200),
5.15.06.30 (V100R006C03),
5.15.06.10 (V100R006C00),
5.15.05.10, 5.15.04.10,
5.15.03.30, 5.15.03.26,
5.15.03.20, 5.15.02.20,
5.15.02.11, 5.15.02.10,
5.15.01.30, 5.15.01.20,
5.15.01.10

OptiX OSN 9560 N/A 5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00),

5.51.07.30-5.51.07.59
(V100R006C01), 5.51.07.10
(V100R006C00), 5.51.06.10
(V100R005C00), 5.51.05.20
(V100R002C00)

Table 10-4 SDH series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OptiX 10G N/A 5.10.06.40, 5.10.06.30,

MADM(Metro5000) 5.10.06.10, 5.10.05.20,
5.10.05.10, 5.10.04.40,
5.10.04.35, 5.10.04.30,
5.10.04.10, 5.10.03.10,
5.10.02.10, 5.10.01.20,
5.10.01.10, 5.10.01.01

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OptiX 155/622 (Metro N/A 4.01.18.10, 4.01.17.04,

2050) 4.01.17.03, 4.01.17.02,
4.01.17.01, 4.01.16.22,
4.01.16.21, 4.01.16.20

OptiX 155/622B N/A 4.01.18.10, 4.01.17.04,

4.01.17.03, 4.01.17.02,
4.01.17.01, 4.01.16.22,
4.01.16.21, 4.01.16.20

OptiX 155/622H N/A 4.02.06.60, 4.02.06.53,

4.02.06.50, 4.02.06.41,
4.02.06.40, 4.02.06.31,
4.02.06.30, 4.02.06.20,
4.02.06.10, 4.02.06.07,
4.02.06.06, 4.02.06.04,
4.02.06.03, 4.02.05.06,
4.02.05.05, 4.02.05.04

OptiX 155/622H(Metro N/A 4.02.06.60, 4.02.06.53,

1000) 4.02.06.50, 4.02.06.41,
4.02.06.40, 4.02.06.31,
4.02.06.30, 4.02.06.20,
4.02.06.10, 4.02.06.07,
4.02.06.06, 4.02.06.04,
4.02.06.03, 4.02.05.06,
4.02.05.05, 4.02.05.04

OptiX 155A N/A 4.02.06.60, 4.02.06.53,

4.02.06.50, 4.02.06.41,
4.02.06.40, 4.02.06.31,
4.02.06.30, 4.02.06.20,
4.02.06.10, 4.02.06.07,
4.02.06.06, 4.02.06.04,
4.02.06.03, 4.02.05.06,
4.02.05.05, 4.02.05.04

OptiX 155C N/A 4.04.02.04, 4.04.00.08

OptiX 155S N/A 4.02.88.20, 4.02.88.10

OptiX 2500 N/A 4.01.18.10, 4.01.17.04,

4.01.17.03, 4.01.17.02,
4.01.17.01, 4.01.16.22,
4.01.16.21, 4.01.16.20

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OptiX 2500+ N/A 4.05.10.10, 4.05.09.10,

4.05.08.10, 4.05.07.10,
4.05.06.41, 4.05.06.40,
4.05.06.30, 4.05.06.15,
4.05.06.10, 4.05.05.10,
4.05.04.16, 4.05.04.15,
4.05.03.40, 4.05.03.36,
4.05.03.33, 4.05.03.20,
4.05.03.10, 4.05.03.02

OptiX 2500+(Metro 3000) N/A 4.05.10.10, 4.05.09.10,

4.05.08.10, 4.05.07.10,
4.05.06.41, 4.05.06.40,
4.05.06.30, 4.05.06.15,
4.05.06.10, 4.05.05.10,
4.05.04.16, 4.05.04.15,
4.05.03.40, 4.05.03.36,
4.05.03.33, 4.05.03.20,
4.05.03.10, 4.05.03.02

OptiX 2500REG N/A 4.01.18.10, 4.01.17.04,

4.01.17.03, 4.01.17.02,
4.01.17.01, 4.01.16.22,
4.01.16.21, 4.01.16.20

NOTE

Rules for defining commercial versions of NE software: a.bb.cc.dd. "a" indicates the NE platform
version. Currently, 4, 5 and 8 are supported. "bb" indicates the product name. "cc" indicates the R
version of the product. To be specific, 01 represents R001, 02 represents R002, and so on. "dd" indicates
the C version of the product. Mapping principle:
1. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc.20 is supported by version A of the
NCE, a.bb.cc.2x is supported by version A of the NCE.
2. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc is supported by version A of the
NCE, a.bb.cc.xx is supported by version A of the NCE.

10.3 WDM Series

The following table lists the WDM series NE supported.

Table 10-5 NG WDM series

NE New Version Compatible Version

HUAWEI OSN902 5.169.02.12 5.169.1.30 (V100R001C10),

(V100R002C10) 5.169.1.10 (V100R001C00),
5.169.02.10
(V100R002C00)

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OptiX OSN 1800 I E 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) N/A

OptiX OSN 1800 I/II 5.153.08.12 (V100R008C10 5.67.03.88~5.67.03.89

F1SCC), 5.141.08.30 (F1SCC),
(V100R008C10 F3SCC) 5.67.03.86~5.67.03.87
(F1SCC), 5.67.03.50
(V100R003C05), 5.67.03.40
(V100R003C03), 5.67.03.30
(V100R003C02),
5.67.03.20~5.67.03.90
(V100R005C00),
5.67.03.20~5.67.03.90
(F1SCC) (V100R006C00),
5.67.03.20~5.67.03.90
(F1SCC) (V100R005C20),
5.67.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.67.03.10
(V100R003C00 ),
5.67.02.10
(V100R002C00 ),
5.67.01.20, 5.67.01.10
(V100R001), 5.153.08.11
(V100R008C00 F1SCC),
5.153.07.31(F1SCC)
(V100R007C10),
5.153.07.11(F1SCC)
(V100R007C00),
5.141.08.11 (V100R008C00
F3SCC),
5.141.07.31(F3SCC)
(V100R007C10),
5.141.07.11(F3SCC)
(V100R007C00),
5.141.06.31(F3SCC)
(V100R006C20),
5.141.06.21(F3SCC)
(V100R006C10),
5.141.06.11(F3SCC)
(V100R006C00),
5.141.05.11(F3SCC)
(V100R005C20)

OptiX OSN 1800 II E 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.30 (V100R007C10)

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OptiX OSN 1800 II(Packet) 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.31 (V100R007C10),
5.67.07.11 (V100R007C00),
5.67.06.31 (V100R006C20),
5.67.06.21 (V100R006C10),
5.67.06.11 (V100R006C00),
5.67.05.30 (V100R005C20),
5.67.05.20 (V100R005C10),
5.67.05.11 (V100R005C00),
5.67.03.91 (V100R003C05)

OptiX OSN 1800 IIE N/A 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.30 (V100R007C10)

OptiX OSN 1800 V 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.31 (V100R007C10),
5.67.07.11 (V100R007C00),
5.67.06.31 (V100R006C20),
5.67.06.21 (V100R006C10),
5.67.06.11 (V100R006C00),
5.67.05.30 (V100R005C20),
5.67.05.20 (V100R005C10),
5.67.05.11 (V100R005C00),
5.67.03.60 (V100R003C05)

OptiX OSN 1832 5.51.15.10 (V100R013C00) 5.51.13.30 (V100R012C10),

5.51.13.10 (V100R012C00),
5.51.12.30 (V100R011C10),
5.51.12.10 (V100R011C00),
5.51.11.30 (V100R010C10),
5.51.11.10 (V100R010C00),
5.51.10.30 (V100R009C10),
5.51.10.10 (V100R009C00),
5.51.09.30 (V100R008C10),
5.51.09.10 (V100R008C00),
5.51.08.30 (V100R007C02),
5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00)

OptiX OSN 1832 X16 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.31 (V100R007C10),
5.67.07.11 (V100R007C00),
5.67.06.31 (V100R006C20),
5.67.06.21 (V100R006C10),
5.67.06.11 (V100R006C00),
5.67.05.30 (V100R005C20),
5.67.05.20 (V100R005C10),
5.67.05.11 (V100R005C00),
5.67.03.60 (V100R003C05)

OptiX OSN 1832 X4 E 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) N/A

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OptiX OSN 1832 X8 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.31 (V100R007C10),
5.67.07.11 (V100R007C00),
5.67.06.31 (V100R006C20),
5.67.06.21 (V100R006C10),
5.67.06.11 (V100R006C00),
5.67.05.30 (V100R005C20),
5.67.05.20 (V100R005C10),
5.67.05.11 (V100R005C00),
5.67.03.91 (V100R003C05)

OptiX OSN 1832 X8 E 5.67.08.30 (V100R008C10) 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.30 (V100R007C10)

OptiX OSN 1832 X8E N/A 5.67.08.11 (V100R008C00),

5.67.07.30 (V100R007C10)

OptiX OSN 3800 5.51.15.10 (V100R013C00) 5.52.05.20 (V100R004C04),

5.52.04.30 (V100R004C03),
5.52.04.20 (V100R004C02),
5.52.04.10, 5.52.03.20,
5.52.02.10, 5.52.01.10,
5.51.13.30 (V100R012C10),
5.51.13.10 (V100R012C00),
5.51.12.30 (V100R011C10),
5.51.12.10 (V100R011C00),
5.51.11.30 (V100R010C10),
5.51.11.10 (V100R010C00),
5.51.10.30 (V100R009C10),
5.51.10.10 (V100R009C00),
5.51.09.30 (V100R008C10),
5.51.09.10 (V100R008C00),
5.51.08.30 (V100R007C02),
5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00),
5.51.07.60 (V100R006C03),
5.51.07.30 (V100R006C01),
5.51.07.10 (V100R006C00),
5.51.06.10 (V100R005C00)

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OptiX OSN 6800 5.51.15.10 (V100R013C00) 5.51.13.30 (V100R012C10),

5.51.13.10 (V100R012C00),
5.51.12.30 (V100R011C10),
5.51.12.10 (V100R011C00),
5.51.11.30 (V100R010C10),
5.51.11.10 (V100R010C00),
5.51.10.30 (V100R009C10),
5.51.10.10 (V100R009C00),
5.51.09.30 (V100R008C10),
5.51.09.10 (V100R008C00),
5.51.08.30 (V100R007C02),
5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00),
5.51.07.60 (V100R006C03),
5.51.07.30 (V100R006C01),
5.51.07.10 (V100R006C00),
5.51.06.10 (V100R005C00),
5.51.05.20 (V100R004C04),
5.51.04.30 (V100R004C03),
5.51.04.20 (V100R004C02),
5.51.04.10, 5.51.03.20,
5.51.02.10, 5.51.01.10

OptiX OSN 8800 5.51.15.10 (V100R013C00) 5.51.13.30 (V100R012C10),

5.51.13.10 (V100R012C00),
5.51.12.30 (V100R011C10),
5.51.12.10 (V100R011C00),
5.51.11.30 (V100R010C10),
5.51.11.10 (V100R010C00),
5.51.10.30 (V100R009C10),
5.51.10.10 (V100R009C00),
5.51.09.30 (V100R008C10),
5.51.09.10 (V100R008C00),
5.51.08.30 (V100R007C02),
5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00)

OptiX OSN 8800 T16 5.51.15.10 (V100R013C00) 5.51.13.30 (V100R012C10),

5.51.13.10 (V100R012C00),
5.51.12.30 (V100R011C10),
5.51.12.10 (V100R011C00),
5.51.11.30 (V100R010C10),
5.51.11.10 (V100R010C00),
5.51.10.30 (V100R009C10),
5.51.10.10 (V100R009C00),
5.51.09.30 (V100R008C10),
5.51.09.10 (V100R008C00),
5.51.08.30 (V100R007C02),
5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00),
5.51.07.60 (V100R006C03),
5.51.07.30 (V100R006C01),
5.51.07.10 (V100R006C00)

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OptiX OSN 8800 T32 5.51.15.10 (V100R013C00) 5.51.13.30 (V100R012C10),

5.51.13.10 (V100R012C00),
5.51.12.30 (V100R011C10),
5.51.12.10 (V100R011C00),
5.51.11.30 (V100R010C10),
5.51.11.10 (V100R010C00),
5.51.10.30 (V100R009C10),
5.51.10.10 (V100R009C00),
5.51.09.30 (V100R008C10),
5.51.09.10 (V100R008C00),
5.51.08.30 (V100R007C02),
5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00),
5.51.07.60 (V100R006C03),
5.51.07.30 (V100R006C01),
5.51.07.10 (V100R006C00),
5.51.06.10 (V100R005C00),
5.51.05.21 (V100R002C02),
5.51.05.20 (V100R002C00),
5.51.04.30 (V100R001C02),
5.51.04.20 (V100R001C01)

OptiX OSN 8800 T64 5.51.15.10 (V100R013C00) 5.51.13.30 (V100R012C10),

5.51.13.10 (V100R012C00),
5.51.12.30 (V100R011C10),
5.51.12.10 (V100R011C00),
5.51.11.30 (V100R010C10),
5.51.11.10 (V100R010C00),
5.51.10.30 (V100R009C10),
5.51.10.10 (V100R009C00),
5.51.09.30 (V100R008C10),
5.51.09.10 (V100R008C00),
5.51.08.30 (V100R007C02),
5.51.08.10 (V100R007C00),
5.51.07.60 (V100R006C03),
5.51.07.30 (V100R006C01),
5.51.07.10 (V100R006C00),
5.51.06.10 (V100R005C00),
5.51.05.21 (V100R002C02)

OptiX OSN 9600 5.51.15.10 (V100R006C10) 5.51.13.30 (V100R006C00),

5.51.13.10 (V100R005C10),
5.51.12.17 (V100R005C00),
5.51.12.11 (V100R003C10),
5.51.11.31 (V100R003C00),
5.51.11.13 (V100R002C10),
5.51.10.13 (V100R001C30),
5.51.09.33 (V100R001C20),
5.51.09.17 (V100R001C01),
5.51.08.15 (V100R001C00)

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OptiX OSN 9600 M24 5.172.06.30 5.172.06.10

(V100R006C10) (V100R006C00)

OptiX OSN 9600 U16 5.171.06.30 (V100R006C10 5.171.06.10 (V100R006C00

UTS), 5.111.06.30 UTS), 5.111.06.10
(V100R006C10 VRP) (V100R006C00 VRP),
5.111.05.30
(V100R005C10),
5.111.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.111.03.50
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.30
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.111.02.30
(V100R002C10),
5.111.01.80
(V100R001C30)

OptiX OSN 9600 U32 5.171.06.30 (V100R006C10 5.171.06.10 (V100R006C00

UTS), 5.111.06.30 UTS), 5.111.06.10
(V100R006C10 VRP) (V100R006C00 VRP),
5.111.05.30
(V100R005C10),
5.111.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.111.03.50
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.30
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.111.02.30
(V100R002C10),
5.111.01.80
(V100R001C30),
5.111.01.60
(V100R001C20),
5.111.01.30
(V100R001C01),
5.111.01.10
(V100R001C00)

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OptiX OSN 9600 U64 5.171.06.30 (V100R006C10 5.171.06.10 (V100R006C00

UTS), 5.111.06.30 UTS), 5.111.06.10
(V100R006C10 VRP) (V100R006C00 VRP),
5.111.05.30
(V100R005C10),
5.111.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.111.03.50
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.30
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.111.02.30
(V100R002C10),
5.111.01.80
(V100R001C30),
5.111.01.60
(V100R001C20),
5.111.01.30
(V100R001C01),
5.111.01.10
(V100R001C00)

OptiX OSN 9800 5.51.15.10 (V100R006C10) 5.51.13.30 (V100R006C00),

5.51.13.10 (V100R005C10),
5.51.12.17 (V100R005C00),
5.51.12.11 (V100R003C10),
5.51.11.31 (V100R003C00),
5.51.11.13 (V100R002C10),
5.51.10.13 (V100R001C30),
5.51.09.33 (V100R001C20),
5.51.09.17 (V100R001C01),
5.51.08.15 (V100R001C00)

OptiX OSN 9800 M24 5.172.06.30 5.172.06.10

(V100R006C10) (V100R006C00)

OptiX OSN 9800 P32 5.200.06.30 N/A

(V100R006C10)

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OptiX OSN 9800 U16 5.171.06.30 (V100R006C10 5.171.06.10 (V100R006C00

UTS), 5.111.06.30 UTS), 5.111.06.10
(V100R006C10 VRP) (V100R006C00 VRP),
5.111.05.30
(V100R005C10),
5.111.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.111.03.50
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.30
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.111.02.30
(V100R002C10),
5.111.01.80
(V100R001C30)

OptiX OSN 9800 U32 5.171.06.30 (V100R006C10 5.171.06.10 (V100R006C00

UTS), 5.111.06.30 UTS), 5.111.06.10
(V100R006C10 VRP) (V100R006C00 VRP),
5.111.05.30
(V100R005C10),
5.111.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.111.03.50
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.30
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.111.02.30
(V100R002C10),
5.111.01.80
(V100R001C30),
5.111.01.60
(V100R001C20),
5.111.01.30
(V100R001C01),
5.111.01.10
(V100R001C00)

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OptiX OSN 9800 U64 5.171.06.30 (V100R006C10 5.171.06.10 (V100R006C00

UTS), 5.111.06.30 UTS), 5.111.06.10
(V100R006C10 VRP) (V100R006C00 VRP),
5.111.05.30
(V100R005C10),
5.111.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.111.03.50
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.30
(V100R003C10),
5.111.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.111.02.30
(V100R002C10),
5.111.01.80
(V100R001C30),
5.111.01.60
(V100R001C20),
5.111.01.30
(V100R001C01),
5.111.01.10
(V100R001C00)

Table 10-6 LH WDM and Metro WDM series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OptiX BWS 1600G N/A 5.08.07.30 (V100R007C03),

5.08.07.20 (V100R007C02),
5.08.07.10 (V100R007C01),
5.08.06.40, 5.08.06.20,
5.08.06.10 (V100R006),
5.08.05.10 (V100R005),
5.08.04.10,
5.08.03.70-5.08.03.99
(V100R003GA'),
5.08.03.70-5.08.03.99
(V100R003GA), 5.08.03.11,
5.08.03.10, 5.08.02.23,
5.08.02.22, 5.08.02.21,
5.08.02.20, 5.08.01.30,
5.08.01.20

OptiX BWS 1600G OLA N/A 5.08.07.30 (V100R007C03),

5.08.07.20 (V100R007C02),
5.08.07.10 (V100R007C01),
5.08.06.40, 5.08.06.10,
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OptiX BWS 320G N/A 4.08.04.20, 4.08.04.10,

(OAS/OCI/OIS) 4.08.04.05, 4.08.04.04

OptiX BWS 320GV3 N/A 5.08.03.10, 5.08.02.20,

5.08.02.10, 5.08.01.30

OptiX Metro 6020 N/A 5.04.01.03

OptiX Metro 6040 N/A 5.18.01.20, 5.18.01.10

OptiX Metro 6040V2 N/A 5.39.04.10 (V100R008C01),

5.39.03.61, 5.39.03.33
(V100R007C03), 5.39.03.20
(V100R007C02), 5.39.03.10
(V100R007C01), 5.39.02.20
(V100R006C02), 5.39.02.10
(V100R006), 5.39.01.42,
5.39.01.40, 5.39.01.30,
5.26.01.30, 5.26.01.20,
5.26.01.10

OptiX Metro 6100 N/A 4.09.02.05, 4.09.02.03

OptiX Metro 6100V1 N/A 5.08.03.10, 5.08.02.22,

5.08.02.21, 5.08.02.20,
5.08.02.10, 5.08.01.40

OptiX Metro 6100V1E N/A 5.39.05.10 (V100R008C04),

5.39.04.10 (V100R008C01),
5.39.03.61, 5.39.03.33
(V100R007C03), 5.39.03.20
(V100R007C02), 5.39.03.10
(V100R007C01), 5.39.02.20
(V100R006C02), 5.39.02.10
(V100R006), 5.39.01.42,
5.39.01.40, 5.39.01.20,
5.39.01.10

OptiX OSN 900A N/A 5.53.01.10

OptiX OTU40000 N/A V2.0

SNC-T N/A V100R001C00

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l Different from OptiX OSN 8800 T32 and other devices, OptiX OSN 8800 is a platform-based
device.
l Different from OptiX OSN 9600 U32 and other devices, OptiX OSN 9600 is a platform-based
device.
l Different from OptiX OSN 9800 U32 and other devices, OptiX OSN 9800 is a platform-based
device.
l The OptiX BWS 1600G OLA is an independent power supply subrack. It is supported by the OptiX
BWS 1600G backbone DWDM optical transmission system V100R004 and later versions.
l Rules for defining commercial versions of NE software: a.bb.cc.dd. "a" indicates the NE platform
version. Currently, 4, 5 and 8 are supported. "bb" indicates the product name. "cc" indicates the R
version of the product. To be specific, 01 represents R001, 02 represents R002, and so on. "dd"
indicates the C version of the product. Mapping principle:
1. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc.20 is supported by version A of
the NCE, a.bb.cc.2x is supported by version A of the NCE.
2. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc is supported by version A of the
NCE, a.bb.cc.xx is supported by version A of the NCE.

10.4 RTN Series

The following table lists the RTN series NE supported.

Table 10-7 RTN series

NE New Version Compatible Version

ePMP 1000 N/A V1

NEC 5000S N/A V1

OptiX FlexPort 80 N/A V2.1

OptiX RTN 310 5.92.09.10 (V100R009C00) 5.92.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.92.08.10 (V100R008C00),
5.92.07.20 (V100R007C10),
5.92.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.92.06.10 (V100R006C00),
5.92.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.92.03.10 (V100R003C00),
5.92.01.20 (V100R001C01),
5.92.01.10 (V100R001C00)

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OptiX RTN 320 5.151.09.10 5.151.08.20

(V100R009C00) (V100R008C10),
5.151.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.151.07.20
(V100R007C10),
5.151.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.151.06.10
(V100R006C00),
5.151.05.10
(V100R005C00)

OptiX RTN 360 5.138.09.10 5.138.08.20

(V100R009C00) (V100R008C10),
5.138.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.138.07.20
(V100R007C10),
5.138.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.138.06.10
(V100R006C00),
5.138.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.138.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.138.01.10
(V100R001C00)

OptiX RTN 380 5.115.09.10 5.115.08.20

(V100R009C00) (V100R008C10),
5.115.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.115.07.20
(V100R007C10),
5.115.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.115.06.10
(V100R006C00),
5.115.05.10
(V100R005C00),
5.115.03.10
(V100R003C00),
5.115.02.10
(V100R002C00),
5.115.01.20
(V100R001C10),
5.115.01.10
(V100R001C00)

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OptiX RTN 380A 5.203.09.10 N/A

(V100R009C00)

OptiX RTN 380e 5.180.09.10 5.180.08.20

(V100R009C00) (V100R008C10),
5.180.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.180.07.20
(V100R007C10)

OptiX RTN 380H 5.190.09.10(MXXI5) 5.190.08.20(MXXI5)

(V100R009C00), (V100R008C10),
5.160.09.10 5.190.08.10(MXXI5)
(V100R009C00) (V100R008C00),
5.160.08.20
(V100R008C10),
5.160.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.160.07.20
(V100R007C10),
5.160.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.160.06.10
(V100R006C00)

OptiX RTN 510 5.194.02.10 5.194.01.20

(V100R002C00) (V100R001C10)

OptiX RTN 605 N/A 5.60.05.10 (V100R005),

5.60.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.60.03.10 (V100R003),
5.60.01.10 (V100R001)

OptiX RTN 610 N/A 5.54.03.10 (V100R003),

5.54.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.54.01.20 (V100R001C01),
5.54.01.10 (V100R001C00)

OptiX RTN 620 N/A 5.54.05.30 (V100R005C02),

5.54.05.20 (V100R005C01),
5.54.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.54.03.10 (V100R003),
5.54.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.54.01.20 (V100R001C01),
5.54.01.10 (V100R001C00)

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OptiX RTN 905 5.95.11.10 (V100R011C00) 5.95.10.20 (V100R010C10),

5.95.10.10 (V100R010C00),
5.95.09.20 (V100R009C10),
5.95.09.10 (V100R009C00),
5.95.08.20 (V100R008C10),
5.95.08.10 (V100R008C00),
5.95.07.20 (V100R007C10),
5.95.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.95.06.20 (V100R006C10),
5.95.06.10 (V100R006C00),
5.95.05.20 (V100R005C01),
5.95.05.10 (V100R005C00)

OptiX RTN 905e 5.183.11.10 5.183.10.20

(V100R011C00) (V100R010C10),
5.183.10.10
(V100R010C00),
5.183.09.20
(V100R009C10)

OptiX RTN 910 N/A 5.76.06.10 (V100R006C00),

5.76.05.20 (V100R005C01),
5.76.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.76.03.40 (V100R003C03),
5.76.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.76.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.76.03.10 (V100R003C00),
5.76.02.30 (V100R002C02),
5.76.02.20 (V100R002C01),
5.76.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.76.01.40 (V100R001C03),
5.76.01.30 (V100R001C02),
5.76.01.20 (V100R001C01),
5.76.01.10 (V100R001C00)

OptiX RTN 910A 5.152.11.10 5.152.10.20

(V100R011C00) (V100R010C10),
5.152.10.10
(V100R010C00),
5.152.09.20
(V100R009C10),
5.152.09.10
(V100R009C00),
5.152.08.20
(V100R008C10),
5.152.08.10
(V100R008C00)

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OptiX RTN 950 5.76.11.10 (V100R011C00), 5.76.10.20 (V100R010C10),

5.196.11.10(CSHUF) 5.76.10.10 (V100R010C00),
(V100R011C00) 5.76.09.20 (V100R009C10),
5.76.09.10 (V100R009C00),
5.76.08.20 (V100R008C10),
5.76.08.10 (V100R008C00),
5.76.07.20 (V100R007C10),
5.76.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.76.06.20 (V100R006C10),
5.76.06.10 (V100R006C00),
5.76.05.20 (V100R005C01),
5.76.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.76.03.40 (V100R003C03),
5.76.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.76.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.76.03.10 (V100R003C00),
5.76.02.30 (V100R002C02),
5.76.02.20 (V100R002C01),
5.76.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.76.01.40 (V100R001C03),
5.76.01.30 (V100R001C02),
5.76.01.20 (V100R001C01),
5.76.01.10 (V100R001C00)

OptiX RTN 950A 5.114.11.10 5.114.10.20

(V100R011C00) (V100R010C10),
5.114.10.10
(V100R010C00),
5.114.09.20
(V100R009C10),
5.114.09.10
(V100R009C00),
5.114.08.20
(V100R008C10),
5.114.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.114.07.20
(V100R007C10),
5.114.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.114.06.20
(V100R006C10),
5.114.06.10
(V100R006C00),
5.114.05.20
(V100R005C01)

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OptiX RTN 980 5.83.11.10 (V100R011C00), 5.83.10.20 (V100R010C10),

5.178.11.10(CSHNU) 5.83.10.10 (V100R010C00),
(V100R011C00) 5.83.09.20 (V100R009C10),
5.83.09.10 (V100R009C00),
5.83.08.20 (V100R008C10),
5.83.08.10 (V100R008C00),
5.83.07.20 (V100R007C10),
5.83.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.83.06.20 (V100R006C10),
5.83.06.10 (V100R006C00),
5.83.05.20 (V100R005C01),
5.83.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.83.03.40 (V100R003C03),
5.83.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.83.03.10 (V100R003C00),
5.178.10.20(CSHNU)
(V100R010C10),
5.178.10.10(CSHNU)
(V100R010C00),
5.178.09.20(CSHNU)
(V100R009C10)

OptiX RTN 980L 5.179.11.10(CSHLU) 5.179.10.20(CSHLU)

(V100R011C00), (V100R010C10),
5.140.11.10 5.179.10.10(CSHLU)
(V100R011C00) (V100R010C00),
5.179.09.20(CSHLU)
(V100R009C10),
5.140.10.20
(V100R010C10),
5.140.10.10
(V100R010C00),
5.140.09.20
(V100R009C10),
5.140.09.10
(V100R009C00),
5.140.08.20
(V100R008C10),
5.140.08.10
(V100R008C00),
5.140.07.20
(V100R007C10),
5.140.07.10
(V100R007C00)

PMP 450 N/A V1

PTP 250 N/A V1 (Sub6G V100R001C00)

PTP 500 N/A V1 (Sub6G V100R001C00)

PTP 650 N/A V1 (Sub6G V100R001C01)

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X-1200 N/A V1 (Sub6G V100R002C00)

NOTE

Rules for defining commercial versions of NE software: a.bb.cc.dd. "a" indicates the NE platform
version. Currently, 4, 5 and 8 are supported. "bb" indicates the product name. "cc" indicates the R
version of the product. To be specific, 01 represents R001, 02 represents R002, and so on. "dd" indicates
the C version of the product. Mapping principle:
1. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc.20 is supported by version A of the
NCE, a.bb.cc.2x is supported by version A of the NCE.
2. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc is supported by version A of the
NCE, a.bb.cc.xx is supported by version A of the NCE.

10.5 PTN Series

The following table lists the PTN series NE supported.

Table 10-8 PTN series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OptiX PTN 1900 N/A 5.58.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.58.07.30 (V100R007C10),
5.58.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.58.06.30 (V100R006C10),
5.58.05.30 (V100R005C01),
5.58.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.58.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.58.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.58.02.90
(V100R002C02SPC600),
5.58.02.60 (V100R002C03),
5.58.02.50 (V100R002C02),
5.58.02.30 (V100R002C01),
5.58.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.58.01.50 (V100R001C03),
5.58.01.30 (V100R001C02),
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OptiX PTN 3900 N/A 5.59.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.59.07.30 (V100R007C10),
5.59.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.59.06.30 (V100R006C10),
5.59.05.30 (V100R005C01),
5.59.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.59.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.59.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.59.02.90
(V100R002C02SPC600),
5.59.02.70 (V100R002C05),
5.59.02.60 (V100R002C03),
5.59.02.50 (V100R002C02),
5.59.02.30 (V100R002C01),
5.59.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.59.01.50 (V100R001C03),
5.59.01.30 (V100R001C02),
5.59.01.10 (V100R001C01)

OptiX PTN 3900-8 N/A 5.78.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.78.07.30 (V100R007C10),
5.78.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.78.06.30 (V100R006C10),
5.78.05.30 (V100R005C01),
5.78.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.78.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.78.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.78.02.90
(V100R002C02SPC600),
5.78.02.70 (V100R002C05),
5.78.02.60 (V100R002C03),
5.78.02.50 (V100R002C02)

OptiX PTN 905 N/A 5.88.2.80 (V100R002C05)

OptiX PTN 905A N/A 5.123.08.20

(V100R008C10),
5.123.07.30
(V100R007C10),
5.123.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.123.06.30
(V100R006C10),
5.123.05.30
(V100R005C01)

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OptiX PTN 905B N/A 5.124.08.20

(V100R008C10),
5.124.07.30
(V100R007C10),
5.124.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.124.06.30
(V100R006C10),
5.124.05.30
(V100R005C01)

OptiX PTN 905D 8.166.10.10 N/A

(V100R010C00)

OptiX PTN 905E 8.163.10.10 8.163.09.10

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C00)

OptiX PTN 905G N/A 8.166.09.10

(V100R009C00)

OptiX PTN 906A N/A 5.145.08.20

(V100R008C10),
5.145.07.30
(V100R007C10),
5.145.07.10
(V100R007C00),
5.145.06.30
(V100R006C10)

OptiX PTN 906AI N/A 5.159.08.20

(V100R008C10),
5.159.07.30
(V100R007C10),
5.159.07.10
(V100R007C00)

OptiX PTN 906B N/A 5.146.08.20

(V100R008C10),
5.146.07.30
(V100R007C10)

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OptiX PTN 910 N/A 5.64.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.64.07.30 (V100R007C10),
5.64.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.64.06.30 (V100R006C10),
5.64.05.30 (V100R005C01),
5.64.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.64.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.64.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.64.02.90
(V100R002C01SPC600),
5.64.02.80
(V100R002C01SPC800),
5.64.02.70 (V100R002C05),
5.64.02.60 (V100R002C03),
5.64.02.50 (V100R002C01),
5.64.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.64.01.50 (V100R001C01),
5.64.01.10 (V100R001C00)

OptiX PTN 910E-F 8.176.10.20 8.176.09.20

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C10)

OptiX PTN 910-F N/A 5.91.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.91.07.30 (V100R007C10),
5.91.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.91.06.30 (V100R006C10),
5.91.05.30 (V100R005C01),
5.91.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.91.03.30 (V100R003C02)

OptiX PTN 912 N/A 5.63.01.50 (V100R001C02),

5.63.01.10 (V100R001C01)

OptiX PTN 930 8.182.10.20 N/A

(V100R010C00)

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OptiX PTN 950 N/A 5.65.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.65.07.30 (V100R007C10),
5.65.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.65.06.30 (V100R006C10),
5.65.05.30 (V100R005C01),
5.65.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.65.03.30 (V100R003C02),
5.65.03.20 (V100R003C01),
5.65.02.90
(V100R002C01SPC600),
5.65.02.80
(V100R002C01SPC800),
5.65.02.70 (V100R002C05),
5.65.02.60 (V100R002C03),
5.65.02.50 (V100R002C01),
5.65.02.10 (V100R002C00),
5.65.01.50 (V100R001C01),
5.65.01.10 (V100R001C00)

OptiX PTN 960 N/A 5.94.08.20 (V100R008C10),

5.94.07.30 (V100R007C10),
5.94.07.10 (V100R007C00),
5.94.06.30 (V100R006C10),
5.94.05.30 (V100R005C01),
5.94.05.10 (V100R005C00),
5.94.03.40 (V100R003C03)

OptiX PTN 970 8.182.10.20 8.182.09.20

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C10),
8.182.09.10
(V100R009C00),
8.182.08.20
(V100R008C10)

OptiX PTN 990 8.150.10.20 8.150.09.20

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C10),
8.150.08.20
(V100R008C10SPC300/500
), 8.150.08.20
(V100R008C10),
8.150.08.10
(V100R008C00),
8.150.07.20
(V100R007C10)

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Table 10-9 PTN6900 series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OptiX PTN V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

7900-1/2/M2E/M2F V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10

OptiX PTN 7900-1/PTN V600R009C50 V600R009C20SPC900,

6900-2/PTN 6900-3/PTN V600R009C20SPC500,
6900-8/PTN 6900-16 V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R008C20,
V600R008C10,
V600R008C00,
V600R007C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C02

OptiX PTN 7900-1- V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

M4/PTN 6900-2-M8/PTN V800R009C10,
6900-2-M16 V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00,
V800R006C10,
V800R006C00,
V800R005C01

OptiX PTN 7900-2-M8A/ V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

M16A V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10

OptiX PTN V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

7900-3/8/16/3A/8A/16A V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C00

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Table 10-10 PTN7900 series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OptiX PTN 7900-12 8.148.10.20 8.148.09.20

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C10),
8.148.08.20
(V100R008C10),
8.148.08.10
(V100R008C00),
8.148.07.20
(V100R007C10),
8.148.07.10
(V100R007C00)

OptiX PTN 7900-24 8.135.10.20 8.135.09.20

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C10),
8.135.08.20
(V100R008C10),
8.135.08.10
(V100R008C00),
8.135.07.20
(V100R007C10),
8.135.07.10
(V100R007C00),
8.135.06.30
(V100R006C20),
8.135.06.20
(V100R006C10)

OptiX PTN 7900-32 8.128.10.20 8.128.09.20

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C10),
8.128.08.20
(V100R008C10),
8.128.08.10
(V100R008C00),
8.128.07.20
(V100R007C10),
8.128.07.10
(V100R007C00),
8.128.06.30
(V100R006C20),
8.128.06.20
(V100R006C10),
8.128.06.10
(V100R006C00)

OptiX PTN 7900E-12 8.148.10.20 N/A

(V100R010C00)

OptiX PTN 7900E-24 8.135.10.20 N/A

(V100R010C00)

OptiX PTN 7900E-32 8.128.10.20 8.128.09.20

(V100R010C00) (V100R009C10)

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NOTE

Rules for defining commercial versions of NE software: a.bb.cc.dd. "a" indicates the NE platform
version. Currently, 4, 5 and 8 are supported. "bb" indicates the product name. "cc" indicates the R
version of the product. To be specific, 01 represents R001, 02 represents R002, and so on. "dd" indicates
the C version of the product. Mapping principle:
1. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc.20 is supported by version A of the
NCE, a.bb.cc.2x is supported by version A of the NCE.
2. If the mapping table provides only the information that a.bb.cc is supported by version A of the
NCE, a.bb.cc.xx is supported by version A of the NCE.

10.6 NE/ATN/CX/Multi-service gateways Series

Manageable NE/ATN/CX/Multi-service gateways series NE is listed as follows:

Table 10-11 NE series

NE New Version Compatible Version

NE05E/NE08E V300R003C10 V300R003C00,

V300R002C10,
V300R002C00,
V300R001C10,
V200R006C20,
V200R006C10,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C10

NE16/NE08 N/A V100R007

NE16E/NE08E/NE05 N/A V300R002, V100R007

NE16EX N/A V200R005C30,

V200R005C20,
V200R005C10

NE20-2/4/8 N/A V200R005, V200R003

NE20E-8 N/A V200R005, V200R003

NE20E-S2/S4/S8/S16 V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00

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NE20E-X6 N/A V600R009C20,

V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C05,
V600R003C00

NE40 N/A V300R005, V300R002,

V100R002

NE40E-4/8/NE80E V600R009C50 V600R009C20,

V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R008C20,
V600R008C10,
V600R008C00,
V600R007C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C00, V600R002,
V600R001, V300R006,
V300R003, V300R002,
V300R001

NE40E-M2 V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00

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NE New Version Compatible Version

NE40E-X1/-X2 V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00,
V800R006C10,
V800R006C00,
V800R005C01,
V800R005C00,
V600R009C50,
V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R008C20,
V600R008C10,
V600R008C00,
V600R007C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C01,
V600R003C00,
V600R002C05,
V600R002C03

NE40E-X3/X8/X16 N/A V800R009C10,

V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00,
V600R009C50,
V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R008C20,
V600R008C10,
V600R008C00,
V600R007C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C05,
V600R003C01,
V600R003C00, V600R002,
V600R001

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NE40E-X8A/X16A V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C00,
V800R006C30,
V800R006C10,
V800R006C00,
V600R009C50,
V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00

NE5000E V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00,
V800R006C10,
V800R006C00,
V800R005C01,
V800R005C00,
V800R003C00,
V800R002C01,
V800R002C00, V300R007,
V300R005, V200R003,
V200R002

NE5000E-Multi V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00(Multi),
V800R008C10(Multi),
V800R008C00(Multi),
V800R007C10(Multi),
V800R007C00(Multi),
V800R006C10(Multi),
V800R006C00(Multi),
V800R005C01(Multi),
V800R005C00(Multi),
V800R003C00(Multi),
V800R002C01(Multi),
V800R002C00(Multi),
V300R007C00(Multi),
V300R006C02(Multi),
V300R005(Multi)

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NE80 N/A V300R005, V300R002,

V100R002

NE9000 V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C10

Table 10-12 ATN series

NE New Version Compatible Version

ATN905 V300R003C10 V200R006C20,

V200R006C10,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C20,
V200R003C10,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C01

ATN910 N/A V200R006C20,

V200R006C10,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C20,
V200R003C10,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C01,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C02,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00

ATN910B V300R003C10 V300R003C00,

V200R006C20,
V200R006C10,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C20,
V200R003C10,
V200R003C00

ATN910C V300R003C10 V300R003C00,

V300R002C10,
V300R002C00,
V300R001C10

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ATN910I N/A V200R006C20,

V200R006C10,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C20,
V200R003C10,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C01,
V200R002C00

ATN950 N/A V200R005C00,

V200R003C10,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C01,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C02,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00

ATN950B V300R003C10, V300R003C00,

V300R003C10 V200R006C20,
V200R006C10,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C20,
V200R003C10,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C01,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C02

ATN950C V300R003C10 V300R003C00,

V300R002C10,
V300R002C00,
V300R001C10

ATN980 N/A V600R006C00,

V600R005C00,
V600R003C01,
V600R003C00,
V600R002C05,
V600R002C03,
V200R001C02

ATN980B V300R003C10 V300R003C00,

V300R002C10,
V300R002C00,
V300R001C10,
V300R001C00

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ATN990 N/A V600R006C00,

V600R005C00,
V600R003C01,
V600R003C00,
V600R002C05,
V600R002C03,
V200R001C02

Table 10-13 ETN series

NE New Version Compatible Version

ETN500-A/B/C N/A V200R006C20,

V200R006C10,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C10

ETN500-D V300R003C10 N/A

ETN550-A N/A V200R006C20,

V200R006C10,
V200R006C00

Table 10-14 CX series

NE New Version Compatible Version

CX200/CX300 N/A V100R005, V100R002

CX200C N/A V100R005

CX600-4/8/16 N/A V600R009, V300R006,

V200R002, V200R001,
V100R001

CX600-M2 V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00

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CX600-X1/X2 V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C10,
V800R007C00,
V800R006C10,
V800R006C00,
V800R005C01,
V800R005C00,
V600R009C50,
V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R008C20,
V600R008C10,
V600R008C00,
V600R007C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C05,
V600R003C01,
V600R003C00,
V600R002C05,
V600R002C03

CX600-X3/X8/X16 V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C00,
V600R009C50,
V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R008C20,
V600R008C10,
V600R008C00,
V600R007C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C05,
V600R003C01,
V600R003C00, V600R002,
V600R001

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CX600-X3-DO/X8-DO/ V800R010C10 V800R010C00,

X16-DO V800R009C10,
V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V800R008C00,
V800R007C00,
V800R006C30,
V800R006C10,
V800R006C00,
V600R009C50,
V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00

CX6600 V800R010C10 V800R010C00

CX6602 V800R010C10 N/A

Table 10-15 Multi-service gateways series

NE New Version Compatible Version

BGW9916 N/A V100R002C50,

V100R002C30,
V100R002C20,
V100R002C10,
V100R001C10,
V100R001C00

MA5200E/F N/A V100R007

MA5200G N/A V300R003, V300R002,

V200R003

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ME60 V600R009C50 V800R009C10,

V800R009C00,
V800R008C11,
V800R008C10,
V600R009C20,
V600R009C10,
V600R009C00,
V600R008C20,
V600R008C10,
V600R008C00,
V600R007C00,
V600R006C00,
V600R005C00,
V600R003C01,
V600R003C00,
V600R002C02,
V600R002C00,
V100R006C05, V100R006,
V100R005, V100R003,
V100R002

Table 10-16 VNE series

NE New Version Compatible Version

VNE1000 N/A V100R002C00,

V100R001C00

VNE9000 N/A V100R005C10,

V100R005C00

VNE9000(vBRAS-CP) V100R005C10 V100R005C00,

V100R003C00

vRGW N/A V100R001C00

VSIG9800 N/A V100R003C00

10.7 R/AR Series

The following table lists the R/AR series NE supported.

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Table 10-17 R/AR series

NE New Version Compatible Version

AR1200 N/A V200R008C50,

V200R008C30,
V200R008C20,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C10,
V200R005C20,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R001C02,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00

AR150 N/A V200R008C50,

V200R008C30,
V200R008C20,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C10,
V200R005C30,
V200R005C20,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C02,
V200R002C01,
V200R002C00

AR18 N/A V200R007, V100R002,

V100R001

AR19 N/A V200R007

AR200 N/A V200R009C00,

V200R008C50,
V200R008C30,
V200R008C20,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C10,
V200R005C70,
V200R005C30,
V200R005C20,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C02,
V200R002C01,
V200R002C00

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AR2200 N/A V200R008C50,

V200R008C30,
V200R008C20,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C10,
V200R005C30,
V200R005C20,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R001C02,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00

AR28 N/A V300R003, V200R007

AR29 N/A V300R003

AR3200 N/A V200R006C10,

V200R005C30,
V200R005C20,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R001C02,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00

AR3600 N/A V200R006C10

AR46 N/A V300R003

AR49 N/A V300R003

R1600 N/A V200R007, V100R001

R2500 N/A V100R001

R2600 N/A V200R007

SRG1300/2300/3300 N/A V200R008C50,

V200R008C30,
V200R005C30,
V200R005C20,
V200R005C10,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C02

10.8 RM9000 Series

The following table lists the RM9000 series NE supported.

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Table 10-18 RM9000 series

NE New Version Compatible Version

RM9000 N/A RM9000

10.9 Switch Series

The following table lists the switch NEs supported.

Table 10-19 S series

NE New Version Compatible Version

Quidway E628 N/A V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00

Quidway E652 N/A V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00

Quidway S12700 N/A V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00

Quidway S2300 V200R0012C00 V200R008C00,

V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C00,
V100R006C05, V100R006,
V100R005, V100R003,
V100R002

Quidway S2700 V200R0012C00 V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R0011C10,
V100R006, V100R005

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Quidway S3300 N/A V100R006C05, V100R006,

V100R005, V100R003,
V100R002

Quidway S3700 N/A V200R003C00,

V200R002C00,
V200R001C00, V100R006,
V100R005

Quidway S5300 V200R0012C00 V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C10,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C02,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C00,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C00,
V100R006, V100R005,
V100R003, V100R002

Quidway S5700 V200R0012C00 V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C00,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C00,
V100R006, V100R005

Quidway S6300 V200R0012C00 V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C00,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C10,
V200R0011C00, V100R006

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Quidway S6700 V200R0012C00 V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C00,
V200R0011C10, V100R006

Quidway S7700 N/A V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C00, V100R006,
V100R003

Quidway S9300/S9300E V200R0012C00 V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C10,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C00, V100R006,
V100R003, V100R002,
V100R001

Quidway S9700 N/A V200R010C00,

V200R009C00,
V200R008C00,
V200R007C00,
V200R006C00,
V200R005C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C00,
V200R001C00

S2000 N/A V300R001, V200R005,

V200R003, V100R001

S3000 N/A V200R001, V100R001

S3500 N/A V200R001, V100R003,

V100R002, V100R001

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S3900 N/A V100R002, V100R001

S5000 N/A V100R001

S5500 N/A V100R002

S5600 N/A V100R002, V100R001

S6500 N/A V200R005

S8500 N/A V100R006

Table 10-20 CX200D series

NE New Version Compatible Version

Quidway CX200D N/A V200R003C00,

V200R002C02

Table 10-21 CE series

NE New Version Compatible Version

CE5800/CE6800/CE7800/ V200R005C00 V200R002C50,

CE8800/CE12800 V200R002C20,
V200R001C10,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00,
V100R006C00,
V100R005C10,
V100R005C00,
V100R003C00,
V100R002C00,
V100R001C00

10.10 VoIP Gateway Series

The following table lists the VoIP gateway NE supported.

Table 10-22 VoIP gateway series

NE New Version Compatible Version

VG10 N/A V1

VG20 N/A V1

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VG80 N/A V1

XE Series N/A V1

10.11 Security Series

The following table lists the security series NEs supported.

Table 10-23 Eudemon series

NE New Version Compatible Version

Eudemon 1000 N/A V200R006C02

Eudemon 1000E N/A V200R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R003C01,
V100R002C01

Eudemon 1000E-N N/A V500R001C00,

V100R001C00

Eudemon 1000E-V N/A V500R001C10

Eudemon 1000E-X N/A V300R001C00,

V200R002C00,
V200R001C00

Eudemon 100E N/A V200R007C01

Eudemon 200E-B N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R002C00

Eudemon 200E-BW N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00

Eudemon 200E-C N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R002C00

Eudemon 200E-F N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R002C00

Eudemon 200E-F-D N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R002C00

Eudemon 200E-N N/A V500R002C10,

V500R002C00

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Eudemon 200E-X N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00

Eudemon 200S N/A V200R007C01

Eudemon 300 N/A V200R006C02

Eudemon 500 N/A V200R006C02

Eudemon 6080E N/A V100R001C00

Eudemon 8000E-X N/A V500R003C00,

V500R002C10,
V500R002C00,
V500R001C00,
V300R001C00,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00

Eudemon 8040 N/A V300R001C06,

V300R001C05

Eudemon 8080 N/A V300R001C06,

V300R001C05

Eudemon 8080E N/A V500R002C10,

V500R002C00,
V500R001C00,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00,
V100R003C00,
V100R002C00,
V100R001C05,
V100R001C01

Eudemon 8160E N/A V500R001C00,

V200R001C01,
V200R001C00,
V100R003C00,
V100R002C00,
V100R001C05,
V100R001C01

vRouter 6000V N/A V500R001C10

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Table 10-24 NGFW series

NE New Version Compatible Version

Eudemon 1000E-N N/A V500R002C10,

V500R002C00,
V500R001C00,
V100R001C20,
V100R001C10

Eudemon 200E-N N/A V500R002C10,

V500R002C00,
V500R001C00,
V100R001C20,
V100R001C10

LE1D2FW00S01 N/A V500R002C10,

V500R002C00,
V500R001C00,
V100R001C20,
V100R001C10

Table 10-25 USG series

NE New Version Compatible Version

USG2100 N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R003C03,
V100R003C01,
V100R002C01,
V100R001C03

USG2200 N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R003C01,
V100R002C01

USG3000 N/A V100R001C03

USG50 N/A V100R001C03

USG5100 N/A V300R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R003C01

USG5300 N/A V200R001C00,

V100R005C00,
V100R003C01,
V100R002C01,
V100R001C00

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USG5500 N/A V300R001C00,

V200R002C00,
V200R001C00

USG5520S N/A V300R001C00

USG6600 N/A V100R001C00

USG9100 N/A V100R001C00

USG9300 N/A V500R001C00,

V200R001C01,
V200R001C00,
V100R003C00,
V100R002C00,
V100R001C05,
V100R001C01

USG9500 N/A V500R001C50,

V500R001C30,
V500R001C00,
V300R001C00,
V200R001C01,
V200R001C00

Table 10-26 SRG series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SRG1200 N/A V100R002C02,

V100R002C01,
V100R001C01

SRG20-10 N/A V100R001C03

SRG20-11 N/A V100R005C00,

V100R003C01,
V100R002C01

SRG20-12 N/A V100R005C00,

V100R003C01,
V100R002C01

SRG20-12W N/A V100R005C00,

V100R003C01,
V100R002C01

SRG20-15 N/A V100R005C00,

V100R003C01,
V100R002C01

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SRG20-15W N/A V100R005C00,

V100R003C01,
V100R002C01

SRG20-20 N/A V200R002C01,

V100R005C00

SRG20-21 N/A V200R002C01,

V100R005C00

SRG20-30 N/A V200R002C01,

V100R005C00

SRG20-31 N/A V200R002C01,

V100R005C00

SRG20-31-D N/A V200R002C01,

V100R005C00

SRG2200 N/A V100R002C02,

V100R002C01,
V100R001C01

SRG3200 N/A V100R002C02,

V100R002C01

Table 10-27 ASG series

NE New Version Compatible Version

ASG2100 N/A V100R001C00

ASG2200 N/A V100R001C00

ASG2600 N/A V100R001C00

ASG2800 N/A V100R001C00

Table 10-28 EGW series

NE New Version Compatible Version

EGW2100 N/A V100R001C20,

V100R001C02

EGW2200 N/A V100R001C20,

V100R001C02

EGW3200 N/A V100R001C20,

V100R001C02

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Table 10-29 SIG series

NE New Version Compatible Version

RADIUS Proxy N/A V300R007C00,

V300R006C20,
V300R006C10,
V300R006C00,
V300R005C00,
V300R003C00,
V300R001C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C02

SIG Server N/A V300R007C00,

V300R006C20,
V300R006C10,
V300R006C00,
V300R005C00,
V300R003C00,
V300R001C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C02,
V200R002C01

SIG9800 N/A V300R007C00,

V300R006C20,
V300R006C10,
V300R006C00,
V300R005C00,
V300R003C00,
V300R001C00,
V200R003C00,
V200R002C02,
V200R002C01

SIG9800-X16 N/A V300R007C00,

V300R006C20,
V300R006C10,
V300R006C00,
V300R005C00,
V300R003C00,
V300R001C00

SIG9800-X3 N/A V300R007C00,

V300R006C20,
V300R006C10,
V300R006C00,
V300R005C00,
V300R003C00,
V300R001C00

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SIG9800-X8 N/A V300R007C00,

V300R006C20,
V300R006C10,
V300R006C00,
V300R005C00,
V300R003C00,
V300R001C00

URL Classify Server N/A V300R007C00,

V300R006C20,
V300R006C10,
V300R006C00,
V300R005C00,
V300R003C00,
V300R001C00,
V100R002C01,
V100R001C00

Table 10-30 NE40E/80E-FW series

NE New Version Compatible Version

NE40E-FW N/A V500R008C03,

V500R008C02,
V500R008C01,
V500R008C00

NE80E-FW N/A V500R008C03,

V500R008C02,
V500R008C01,
V500R008C00

Table 10-31 OP-Bypass series

NE New Version Compatible Version

OP-Bypass N/A V100R001C00

Table 10-32 SVN series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SVN2200 N/A V200R001C01,

V200R001C00SPC300

SVN3000 N/A V100R002C02

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SVN5300 N/A V200R001C00SPC300

SVN5500 N/A V200R001C01,

V200R001C00SPC300

SVN5600 N/A V200R003C00

SVN5800 N/A V200R003C00

Table 10-33 NIP series

NE New Version Compatible Version

NIP6320-AC N/A V500R001C50

NIP6320D-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6330-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6330D-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6610-AC N/A V500R001C30

NIP6620-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6620D-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6650-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6650D-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6650-DC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6650D-DC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6680-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6680-DC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6830-BASE-AC N/A V500R001C00

NIP6830-BASE-DC N/A V500R001C00

Table 10-34 SeMG9811 series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SeMG9811-X16 N/A V300R001C00

SeMG9811-X3 N/A V500R001C50

SeMG9811-X8 N/A V300R001C01

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10.12 iCache Series

The following table lists the iCache series NEs supported.

Table 10-35 iCache series

NE New Version Compatible Version

iCache N/A iCache9200 RSS,

iCache9200 MSS,
iCache9200 DSS,
iCache9200 CSS

10.13 FTTx Series

The following table lists the manageable FTTx series NEs supported.

Table 10-36 OLT series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX EA5800-X15 EA5800V100R019C00 EA5800 V100R018C10,

EA5800 V100R018C00

SmartAX EA5800-X17 EA5800V100R019C00 EA5800 V100R018C10,

EA5800 V100R018C00

SmartAX EA5800-X2 N/A EA5800V100R019C00,

EA5800 V100R018C10,
EA5800 V100R018C00

SmartAX EA5800-X7 EA5800V100R019C00 EA5800 V100R018C10,

EA5800 V100R018C00

SmartAX EA5801-CG04 EA5801V100R019C00 N/A

SmartAX EA5801-GP08 EA5801V100R019C00 N/A

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SmartAX MA5600T MA5600V800R018C10SPC MA5600 V800R018C10,

200 MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00,
MA5600 V800R011C00,
MA5600 V800R010C00,
MA5600 V800R009C00,
MA5600 V800R008C05,
MA5600 V800R008C03,
MA5600 V800R008C02,
MA5600 V800R008C01,
MA5600 V800R008C00,
MA5600 V800R007C01,
MA5600 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R006C72,
MA5600 V800R006C32,
MA5600 V800R006C31,
MA5600
V800R006C02SPC100,
MA5600 V800R006C02

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SmartAX MA5603T MA5600V800R018C10SPC MA5603 V800R008C00,

200 MA5603 V800R007C01,
MA5603 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R018C10,
MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00,
MA5600 V800R011C00,
MA5600 V800R010C00,
MA5600 V800R009C00,
MA5600 V800R008C05,
MA5600 V800R008C03,
MA5600 V800R008C02,
MA5600 V800R008C01,
MA5600 V800R006C73,
MA5600 V800R006C32,
MA5600
V800R006C02SPC100,
MA5600 V800R006C02

SmartAX MA5603U N/A MA5600 V800R205C00,

MA5600 V800R203C00,
MA5600 V800R202C01,
MA5600 V800R202C00,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00,
MA5600 V800R011C00,
MA5600 V800R010C00

SmartAX MA5608T MA5600V800R018C10SPC MA5600 V800R018C10,

200 MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00

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SmartAX MA5680T MA5600V800R018C10SPC MA5600 V800R018C10,

200 MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00,
MA5600 V800R011C00,
MA5600 V800R010C00,
MA5600 V800R009C00,
MA5600 V800R008C05,
MA5600 V800R008C03,
MA5600 V800R008C02,
MA5600 V800R008C01,
MA5600 V800R008C00,
MA5600 V800R007C01,
MA5600 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R006C72,
MA5600 V800R006C32,
MA5600 V800R006C31,
MA5600
V800R006C02SPC100,
MA5600 V800R006C02

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SmartAX MA5683T MA5600V800R018C10SPC MA5600 V800R018C10,

200 MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00,
MA5600 V800R011C00,
MA5600 V800R010C00,
MA5600 V800R009C00,
MA5600 V800R008C05,
MA5600 V800R008C03,
MA5600 V800R008C01,
MA5600 V800R007C01,
MA5600 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R006C72,
MA5600 V800R006C32,
MA5600
V800R006C02SPC100,
MA5600 V800R006C02

SmartAX MA5800-X15 MA5800 V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10,
MA5800 V100R017C00,
MA5800 V100R016C10

SmartAX MA5800-X17 MA5800 V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10,
MA5800 V100R017C00,
MA5800 V100R016C10,
MA5800 V100R016C00,
MA5800 V100R015C00

SmartAX MA5800-X2 MA5800 V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10

SmartAX MA5800-X7 MA5800 V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10,
MA5800 V100R017C00,
MA5800 V100R016C10,
MA5800 V100R016C00

SmartAX MA5801-CG04 MA5801 V100R019C00 N/A

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SmartAX MA5801-GP08 N/A MA5801 V100R019C00

Table 10-37 MDU series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX EA5821 N/A EA5821 V800R018C00

SmartAX MA5606T N/A MA5600 V800R007C01,

MA5600 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R006C62,
MA5600 V800R006C22,
MA5600 V800R006C21,
MA5600 V800R006C02

SmartAX MA5611S N/A MA5611S V800R018C10,

MA5611S V800R018C00,
MA5611S V800R017C10,
MA5611S V800R016C00,
MA5611S V800R015C10,
MA5611S V800R015C00,
MA5611S V800R313C10,
MA5611S V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5610 N/A MA5610 V800R307C01,

MA5610 V800R306C01

SmartAX MA5612 N/A MA5612 V800R312C00,

MA5612 V800R311C00,
MA5612 V800R310C00,
MA5612 V800R308C03,
MA5612 V800R308C01,
MA5612 V800R308C00,
MA5612 V800R307C01,
MA5612 V800R018C10,
MA5612 V800R017C00,
MA5612 V800R015C00

SmartAX MA5612A N/A MA5612 V800R015C00,

MA5612 V800R312C00,
MA5612 V800R311C00,
MA5612 V800R310C00,
MA5612 V800R308C01

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SmartAX MA5616 MA5616 V800R019C00 MA5616 V800R018C10,

MA5616 V800R018C00,
MA5616 V800R313C10,
MA5616 V800R313C00,
MA5616 V800R312C00,
MA5616 V800R311C00,
MA5616 V800R310C00,
MA5616 V800R309C00,
MA5616 V800R308C03,
MA5616 V800R308C02,
MA5616 V800R308C01,
MA5616 V800R308C00,
MA5616 V800R307C02,
MA5616 V800R307C01,
MA5616 V800R307C00,
MA5616 V800R306C01,
MA5616 V800R017C10,
MA5616 V800R017C00,
MA5616 V800R016C10,
MA5616 V800R016C00,
MA5616 V800R015C10,
MA5616 V800R015C00

SmartAX MA5620 N/A MA5620 V800R016C10,

MA5620 V800R312C00,
MA5620 V800R310C00,
MA5620 V800R308C02,
MA5620 V800R308C00,
MA5620 V800R307C01,
MA5620 V800R307C00

SmartAX MA5621 N/A MA5621 V800R017C00,

MA5621 V800R312C00,
MA5621 V800R310C00,
MA5621 V800R309C00

SmartAX MA5620E N/A MA5620E V800R307C01,

MA5620E V800R307C00,
MA5600 V800R305C01

SmartAX MA5620G N/A MA5620G V800R307C01,

MA5620G V800R307C00,
MA5600 V800R305C01

SmartAX MA5621A N/A MA5621 V800R016C00,

MA5621 V800R312C00,
MA5621 V800R311C00

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SmartAX MA5623A N/A MA5623 V800R016C00,

MA5623 V800R313C10,
MA5623 V800R313C00,
MA5623 V800R312C00,
MA5623 V800R311C01

SmartAX MA5626 N/A MA5626 V800R016C10,

MA5626 V800R312C00,
MA5626 V800R310C00,
MA5626 V800R308C00,
MA5626 V800R307C01,
MA5626 V800R307C00

SmartAX MA5622A N/A MA5622 V800R313C00,

MA5622 V800R311C00

SmartAX MA5623 N/A MA5623 V800R313C00,

MA5623 V800R311C00

SmartAX MA5626E N/A MA5626E V800R307C01,

MA5626E V800R307C00,
MA5600 V800R305C01

SmartAX MA5626G N/A MA5626G V800R307C01,

MA5626G V800R307C00,
MA5600 V800R305C01

SmartAX MA5651S N/A MA5651S V800R018C00,

MA5651S V800R017C10,
MA5651S V800R017C00,
MA5651S V800R016C10,
MA5651S V800R313C10

SmartAX MA5652S N/A MA5652S V800R018C00,

MA5652S V800R017C10,
MA5652S V800R017C00,
MA5652S V800R313C10

SmartAX MA5628 N/A MA5628 V800R310C00,

MA5628 V800R309C00,
MA5628 V800R308C01

SmartAX MA5631 N/A MA5631 V800R310C00,

MA5631 V800R308C02

SmartAX MA5632 N/A MA5632 V800R310C00

SmartAX MA5635 N/A MA5635 V800R307C00

SmartAX MA5651 N/A MA5651 V800R305C03

SmartAX MA5652 N/A MA5652 V800R310C00,

MA5652 V800R309C00

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SmartAX MA5652G N/A MA5652G V800R308C02,

MA5652G V800R307C00,
MA5652G V800R306C01

SmartAX MA5658 N/A MA5658 V800R312C00

SmartAX MA5662 N/A MA5662 V800R309C00,

MA5600 V800R205C00,
MA5600 V800R203C00,
MA5600 V800R202C01,
MA5600 V800R202C00

SmartAX MA5671 N/A MA5671 V800R017C00,

MA5671 V800R016C10,
MA5671 V800R016C00,
MA5671 V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5671A N/A MA5671A V800R015C10

SmartAX MA5671A-G1 N/A MA5671A V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5672-16 N/A MA5672 V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5672-24 N/A MA5672 V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5672-8 N/A MA5672 V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5672M N/A MA5672M V800R017C00,

MA5672M V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5673 N/A MA5673 V800R016C00,

MA5673 V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5675 N/A MA5675 V800R017C00,

MA5675 V800R016C00,
MA5675 V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5675-G1F1 N/A MA5675 V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5675-G1F1P1 N/A MA5675 V800R017C00,

MA5675 V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5669 N/A MA5669 V800R310C00

SmartAX MA5675M N/A MA5675M V800R017C00,

MA5675M V800R016C00,
MA5675M V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5676 N/A MA5676 V800R016C10

SmartAX MA5676-G1F1 N/A MA5676 V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5694 N/A MA5694 V800R016C00,

MA5694 V800R015C00,
MA5694 V800R313C00

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NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX MA5694S N/A MA5694S V800R015C00,

MA5694S V800R313C10

SmartAX MA5698 N/A MA5698 V800R015C00,

MA5698 V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5811S MA5811S V800R019C00 MA5811S V800R018C10,

MA5811S V800R018C00,
MA5811S V800R017C10,
MA5811S V800R017C00,
MA5811S V800R016C10,
MA5811S V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5818 MA5818 V800R019C00 MA5818 V800R018C10,

MA5818 V800R018C00,
MA5818 V800R017C10,
MA5818 V800R017C00,
MA5818 V800R313C00,
MA5818 V800R016C00,
MA5818 V800R015C10,
MA5818 V800R015C00

SmartAX MA5821 N/A MA5821 V800R018C00,

MA5821 V800R017C10,
MA5821 V800R017C00,
MA5821 V800R313C10,
MA5821 V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5822 N/A MA5822 V800R017C00,

MA5822 V800R313C00

SmartAX MA5871D MA5871 V800R019C00 N/A

SmartAX MA5871-G4 N/A MA5871 V800R016C00

SmartAX MA5878 N/A MA5878 V800R017C00

SmartAX MA5898 N/A MA5898 V800R018C00,

MA5898 V800R017C10,
MA5898 V800R015C00,
MA5898 V800R313C00

10.14 D-CCAP Series

The following table lists the manageable D-CCAP series NE supported.

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Table 10-38 OLT series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX MA5600T MA5600V800R018C10SPC MA5600 V800R018C10,

200 MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00

SmartAX MA5800-X15 MA5800 V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10,
MA5800 V100R017C00,
MA5800 V100R016C10

SmartAX MA5800-X17 MA5800V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10,
MA5800 V100R017C00,
MA5800 V100R016C10,
MA5800 V100R016C00,
MA5800 V100R015C00

SmartAX MA5800-X2 MA5800V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10

SmartAX MA5800-X7 MA5800V100R019C00 MA5800 V100R018C10,

MA5800 V100R018C00,
MA5800 V100R017C10,
MA5800 V100R017C00,
MA5800 V100R016C10,
MA5800 V100R016C00

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Table 10-39 D-CCAP series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX MA5633 MA5633 V800R019C00 MA5633 V800R018C10,

MA5633 V800R018C00,
MA5633 V800R017C10,
MA5633 V800R017C00,
MA5633 V800R016C10,
MA5633 V800R016C00,
MA5633 V800R015C10,
MA5633 V800R015C00,
MA5633 V800R313C10,
MA5633 V800R313C00,
MA5633 V800R312C00

10.15 MSAN Series

The following table lists the MSAN series NEs supported.

Table 10-40 UA5000 series

NE New Version Compatible Version

UA5000(IPMB) N/A UA5000IPMB

V100R019C07,
UA5000IPMB
V100R019C02,
UA5000IPMB
V100R019C01,
UA5000IPMB
V100R019C00,
UA5000IPMB
V100R017C02,
UA5000IPMB
V100R015C09,
UA5000IPMB
V100R015C02

UA5000(PVMV1) N/A UA5000P VM

V100R019C07, UA5000P
VM V100R019C06,
UA5000P VM
V100R019C02, UA5000P
VM V100R019C01,
UA5000P VM
V100R019C00, UA5000P
VM V100R017C03,
UA5000P VM
V100R017C02, UA5000P
VM V100R017C01

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10.16 DSLAM Series

The following table lists the DSLAM series NEs supported.

Table 10-41 MA5600 series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX MA5600 N/A MA5600 V300R003C07,

MA5600 V300R003C06,
MA5600 V300R003C05

Table 10-42 MA5600V8 series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX MA5600T N/A MA5600

V800R018C10SPC200,
MA5600 V800R018C10,
MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00,
MA5600 V800R011C00,
MA5600 V800R010C00,
MA5600 V800R009C00,
MA5600 V800R008C05,
MA5600 V800R008C03,
MA5600 V800R008C02,
MA5600 V800R008C01,
MA5600 V800R008C00,
MA5600 V800R007C01,
MA5600 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R006C72,
MA5600 V800R006C32,
MA5600 V800R006C31,
MA5600
V800R006C02SPC100,
MA5600 V800R006C02

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NE New Version Compatible Version

SmartAX MA5603T MA5600 MA5603 V800R008C00,

V800R018C10SPC200 MA5603 V800R007C01,
MA5603 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R018C10,
MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00,
MA5600 V800R011C00,
MA5600 V800R010C00,
MA5600 V800R009C00,
MA5600 V800R008C05,
MA5600 V800R008C03,
MA5600 V800R008C02,
MA5600 V800R008C01,
MA5600 V800R006C73,
MA5600 V800R006C32,
MA5600
V800R006C02SPC100,
MA5600 V800R006C02

SmartAX MA5606T N/A MA5600 V800R007C01,

MA5600 V800R007C00,
MA5600 V800R006C62,
MA5600 V800R006C22,
MA5600 V800R006C21,
MA5600 V800R006C02

SmartAX MA5608T MA5600 MA5600 V800R018C10,

V800R018C10SPC200 MA5600 V800R018C00,
MA5600 V800R017C10,
MA5600 V800R017C00,
MA5600 V800R016C10,
MA5600 V800R016C00,
MA5600 V800R015C10,
MA5600 V800R015C00,
MA5600 V800R013C10,
MA5600 V800R013C00,
MA5600 V800R012C00

SmartAX MA5662 N/A MA5662 V800R309C00,

MA5600 V800R205C00,
MA5600 V800R203C00,
MA5600 V800R202C01,
MA5600 V800R202C00

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10.17 BITS/iSite/EDFA Series

The following table lists the BITS/iSite/EDFA series NEs supported.

Table 10-43 BITS series

NE New Version Compatible Version

SYNLOCK T6020 N/A BITS V6

SYNLOCK V3/V5 N/A BITS V5, BITS V3

Table 10-44 EDFA series

NE New Version Compatible Version

EDFA0820-D EDFA&WDM1r N/A

V100R019C00

EDFA0820-D2 EDFA&WDM1r N/A

V100R019C00

EDFA3220-D N/A EDFA&WDM1r

V100R006C00

EDFA3220-D2 N/A EDFA&WDM1r

V100R018C10

Table 10-45 iSite series

NE New Version Compatible Version

CCU N/A CCU V200R001C00, CCU

V100R001C00

RPS N/A ETPC1701 V100R001C30

(iSite V300R016C10),
ETPC1701 V100R001C20
(iSite V300R016C00),
ETPC1701 V100R001C20
(iSite V300R015C92)

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11 Standards Compliance

NCE complies with ITU-T, IETF, and TMF standards and protocols.

Table 11-1 Standards and protocols

Standard/Protocol Name

CIS Center for Internet Security Benchmarks

Sif99025 EML-NML interface models

TMF513 V2.0 Multi-Technology Network Management Business Agreement

NML-EML Interface Version 2.0

TMF518 MTOSI Business Agreement

TMF608 V2.0 Multi-Technology Network Management Information Agreement

NML-EML Interface Version 2.0

TMF612 MTOSI Information Agreement

TMF814 V2.0 Multi Technology Network Management Solution Set Conformance

Document Version 2.0

TMF814A MTNM Implementation Statement and Guidelines for MTNM

Release 3.5M

TMF864 MTOSI Interface Implementation Specifications

ISO 8824-4-2000 Information Technology - Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1):

Parameterization of ASN.1 Specifications Amendment 1: ASN.1
semantic model

ISO 8825-2-1998 Information Technology - ASN.1 Encoding Rules: Specification of

Packed Encoding Rules (PER) Second Edition; Technical
Corrigendum 1: 12/15/1999; Amendment 1: 12/01/2000

ITU-T G.707 Network node interface for the synchronous digital hierarchy
(SDH)

ITU-T G.7710 Common equipment management function requirements

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Standard/Protocol Name

ITU-T G.773 Protocol suites for Q-interfaces for management of transmission

systems

ITU-T G.774 (01, Synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) - Management information

02, 03, 04) model for the network element view

ITU-T G.783 Characteristics of synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) equipment

functional blocks

ITU-T G.784 Synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) management

ITU-T G.803 Architecture of transport networks based on the synchronous digital

hierarchy (SDH)

ITU-T G.831 Management capabilities of transport networks based on the

synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH)

ITU-T G.851.1 Management of the transport network - Application of the RM-

ODP framework

ITU-T G.852.1 Enterprise viewpoint for simple subnetwork connection

management

ITU-T G.852.2 Enterprise viewpoint description of transport network resource

model

ITU-T G.852.3 Enterprise viewpoint for topology management

ITU-T G.852.6 Enterprise viewpoint for trail management

ITU-T G.853.1 Common elements of the information viewpoint for the

management of a transport network

ITU-T G.853.2 Subnetwork connection management information viewpoint

ITU-T G.853.3 Information viewpoint for topology management

ITU-T G.853.6 Information viewpoint for trail management

ITU-T G.854.1 Computational interfaces for basic transport network model

ITU-T G.854.3 Computational viewpoint for topology management

ITU-T G.854.6 Computational viewpoint for trail management

ITU-T M.3000 Overview of TMN recommendations

ITU-T M.3010 Principles for a telecommunications management network

ITU-T M.3013 Considerations for a telecommunications management network

ITU-T M.3017 Framework for the integrated management of hybrid circuit/packet

networks

ITU-T M.3020 TMN interface specification methodology

ITU-T M.3100 Generic network information model

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Standard/Protocol Name

ITU-T M.3101 Managed Object Conformance statements for the generic network
information model

ITU-T M.3180 Catalogue of TMN management information

ITU-T M.3200 TMN management services and telecommunications managed

areas: overview

ITU-T M.3300 TMN F interface requirements

ITU-T M.3400 TMN management functions

ITU-T X.720 Management information model

ITU-T X.721 Definition of management information

ITU-T X.722 Guidelines for the definition of managed objects

ITU-T X.733 Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Systems

Management: alarm reporting function

ITU-T X.735 Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Systems

Management: log control function

ITU-T X.903 Information technology - Open distributed processing - Reference

Model: architecture

ITU-T Y.1701 Common equipment management function requirements

M.3016.0 Security for the management plane: Overview

M.3016.1 Security for the management plane: Security requirements

M.3016.2 Security for the management plane: Security services

M.3016.3 Security for the management plane: Security mechanism

M.3016.4 Security for the management plane: Profile proforma

M.3703 Common management services - Alarm management - Protocol

neutral requirements and analysis

MEF 15 Requirements for Management of Metro Ethernet Phase 1 Network

Elements

Rational Unified Rational Unified Process

Process 5.5

RFC 793 Transmission Control Protocol ( Darpa Internet Program Protocol

Specification)

RFC1155 Structure and Identification of Management Information for

TCP/IP-based Internets

RFC1212 Concise MIB Definitions

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Standard/Protocol Name

RFC1213 Management Information Base for Network Management of

TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II

RFC1215 A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP

RFC1905 Protocol Operations for Version 2 of the Simple Network

Management Protocol

RFC1906 Transport Mappings for Version 2 of the Simple Network

Management Protocol

RFC1907 Management Information Base for Version 2 of the Simple Network

Management Protocol

RFC1908 Coexistence between Version 1 and Version 2 of the Internet-

standard Network Management Framework

RFC1951 DEFLATE Compressed Data Format

RFC2011 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol

using SMIv2

RFC2012 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the Transmission

Control Protocol using SMIv2

RFC2013 SNMPv2 Management Information Base for the User Datagram

Protocol using SMIv2

RFC2096 IP Forwarding Table MIB

RFC2328 OSPF Version 2

RFC2396 Uniform Resource Identifiers(URL)

RFC2544 Benchmarking Methodology for Network Interconnect Devices

RFC2571 An Architecture for Describing SNMP Management Frameworks

RFC2572 Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network

Management Protocol

RFC2573 SNMP Applications

RFC2574 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple

Network Management Protocol

RFC2576 Coexistence between Version 1, Version 2, and Version 3 of the

Internet-standard Network Management Framework

RFC2578 Structure of Management Information Version 2 (SMIv2)

RFC2579 Textual Conventions for SMIv2

RFC2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2

RFC2616 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1

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Standard/Protocol Name

RFC2617 HTTP- Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication

RFC2784 Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)

RFC2818 HTTP Over TLS (HTTPS)

RFC2890 Key and Sequence Number Extensions to GRE

RFC3101 The OSPF Not-So-Stubby Area (NSSA) Option

RFC3164 The BSD syslog Protocol

RFC3411 An Architecture for Describing Simple Network Management

Protocol (SNMP) Management Frameworks

RFC3412 Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network

Management Protocol (SNMP)

RFC3413 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Applications

RFC3414 User-based Security Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple

Network Management Protocol (SNMPv3)

RFC3415 View-based Access Control Model (VACM) for the Simple

Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

RFC3416 Version 2 of the Protocol Operations for the Simple Network

Management Protocol (SNMP)

RFC3417 Transport Mappings for the Simple Network Management Protocol

(SNMP)

RFC3418 Management Information Base (MIB) for the Simple Network

Management Protocol (SNMP)

RFC3509 Alternative Implementations of OSPF Area Border Routers

RFC3623 Graceful OSPF Restart

RFC3630 Traffic Engineering (TE) Extensions to OSPF Version 2

RFC4203 OSPF Extensions in Support of Generalized Multi-Protocol Label

Switching

RFC4271 A Border Gateway Protocol 4 (BGP-4)

RFC4346 Transport Layer Security(TLS) Protocol Version 1.1

RFC4655 A Path Computation Element (PCE) Based Architecture

RFC4657 Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol

Generic Requirements

RFC4940 IANA Considerations for OSPF

RFC5246 Transport Layer Security(TLS) Protocol Version 1.2

RFC5250 The OSPF Opaque LSA Option

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Standard/Protocol Name

RFC5440 Path Computation Element (PCE) Communication Protocol (PCEP)

RFC5520 Preserving Topology Confidentiality in Inter-Domain Path

Computation Using a Path-Key-Based Mechanism

RFC5521 Extensions to the Path Computation Element Communication

Protocol (PCEP) for Route Exclusions

RFC6241 Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF)

RFC8040 RESTCONF Protocol

draft-ietf-pce-gmpls- PCEP extensions for GMPLS

pcep-extensions-09

draft-ietf-pce-pce- PCEP Extensions for PCE-initiated LSP Setup in a Stateful PCE

initiated-lsp-04 Model

draft-ietf-pce-pcep- Path Computation Element (PCE) Protocol Extensions for Stateful

stateful-pce- PCE Usage in GMPLS-controlled Networks
gmpls-03

draft-ietf-pce- PCEP Extensions for Stateful PCE

stateful-pce-11

OpenStack.GBP The Group-based Policy (GBP) abstractions for OpenStack provide

an intent-driven declarative policy model that presents simplified
application-oriented interfaces to the user.

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A Glossary

Numerics
3G See Third Generation.
802.1Q in 802.1Q A VLAN feature that allows the equipment to add a VLAN tag to a tagged frame. The
(QinQ) implementation of QinQ is to add a public VLAN tag to a frame with a private VLAN
tag to allow the frame with double VLAN tags to be transmitted over the service
provider's backbone network based on the public VLAN tag. This provides a layer 2
VPN tunnel for customers and enables transparent transmission of packets over
private VLANs.

A
ACL See Access Control List.
ADMC automatically detected and manually cleared
ADSL See asymmetric digital subscriber line.
ADSL2+ asymmetric digital subscriber line 2 plus
ANCP See Access Node Control Protocol.
API See application programming interface.
APS automatic protection switching
AS See autonomous system.
ASBR See autonomous system boundary router.
ASN.1 See Abstract Syntax Notation One.
ASON automatically switched optical network
Abstract Syntax A syntax notation type employed to specify protocols. Many protocols defined by the
Notation One (ASN.1) ITU-T use this syntax format. Other alternatives are standard text or Augmented
Backus-Naur Form (ABNF).
Access Control List A list of entities, together with their access rights, which are authorized to access a
(ACL) resource.
Access Node Control An IP-based protocol that operates between the access node (AN) and the network
Protocol (ANCP) access server (NAS), over a DSL access and aggregation network.

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application An application programming interface is a particular set of rules and specifications

programming interface that are used for communication between software programs.
(API)
asymmetric digital A technology for transmitting digital information at a high bandwidth on existing
subscriber line (ADSL) phone lines to homes and businesses. Unlike regular dialup phone service, ADSL
provides continuously-available, "always on" connection. ADSL is asymmetric in that
it uses most of the channel to transmit downstream to the user and only a small part to
receive information from the user. ADSL simultaneously accommodates analog
(voice) information on the same line. ADSL is generally offered at downstream data
rates from 512 kbit/s to about 6 Mbit/s.
autonomous system A network set that uses the same routing policy and is managed by the same
(AS) technology administration department. Each AS has a unique identifier that is an
integer ranging from 1 to 65535. The identifier is assigned by IANA. An AS can be
divided into areas.
autonomous system A router that exchanges routing information with other autonomous system boundary
boundary router routers.
(ASBR)

B
B/S Browser/Server
BFD See Bidirectional Forwarding Detection.
BGP Border Gateway Protocol
BIOS See basic input/output system.
BITS See building integrated timing supply.
BOD bandwidth on demand
BRA See basic rate access.
BRAS See broadband remote access server.
BSS Business Support System
BWS backbone wavelength division multiplexing system
Bidirectional A fast and independent hello protocol that delivers millisecond-level link failure
Forwarding Detection detection and provides carrier-class availability. After sessions are established between
(BFD) neighboring systems, the systems can periodically send BFD packets to each other. If
one system fails to receive a BFD packet within the negotiated period, the system
regards that the bidirectional link fails and instructs the upper layer protocol to take
actions to recover the faulty link.
basic input/output Firmware stored on the computer motherboard that contains basic input/output control
system (BIOS) programs, power-on self test (POST) programs, bootstraps, and system setting
information. The BIOS provides hardware setting and control functions for the
computer.
basic rate access An ISDN interface typically used by smaller sites and customers. This interface
(BRA) consists of a single 16 kbit/s data (or "D") channel plus two bearer (or "B") channels
for voice and/or data. Also known as Basic Rate Access, or BRI.

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broadband remote A new type of access gateway for broadband networks. As a bridge between backbone
access server (BRAS) networks and broadband access networks, BRAS provides methods for fundamental
access and manages the broadband access network. It is deployed at the edge of
network to provide broadband access services, convergence, and forwarding of
multiple services, meeting the demands for transmission capacity and bandwidth
utilization of different users. BRAS is a core device for the broadband users' access to
a broadband network.
building integrated In the situation of multiple synchronous nodes or communication devices, one can use
timing supply (BITS) a device to set up a clock system on the hinge of telecom network to connect the
synchronous network as a whole, and provide satisfactory synchronous base signals to
the building integrated device. This device is called BITS.

C
CAS See Central Authentication Service.
CBU See cellular backhaul unit.
CC See continuity check.
CCC circuit cross connect
CES See circuit emulation service.
CIR committed information rate
CLEI common language equipment identification
CLI See command-line interface.
CORBA See Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
CPE See customer-premises equipment.
CPU See central processing unit.
CSV See comma separated values.
Central Authentication A single sign-on protocol for the web. Its purpose is to permit users to access multiple
Service (CAS) applications by providing their credentials (such as user names and passwords) only
once. It also allows web applications to authenticate users without gaining access to
the users' security credentials (such as passwords). CAS also refers to a software
package that implements this protocol.
Common Object A specification developed by the Object Management Group in 1992 in which pieces
Request Broker of programs (objects) communicate with other objects in other programs, even if the
Architecture (CORBA) two programs are written in different programming languages and are running on
different platforms. A program makes its request for objects through an object request
broker, or ORB, and therefore does not need to know the structure of the program
from which the object comes. CORBA is designed to work in object-oriented
environments.
Coordinated Universal The world-wide scientific standard of timekeeping. It is based upon carefully
Time (UTC) maintained atomic clocks and is kept accurate to within microseconds worldwide.
cellular backhaul unit A network access unit used for access base transceiver stations. It provides Ethernet,
(CBU) IP, and TDM services; has multiple Ethernet and 1PPS+ToD interfaces and optionally
E1 interfaces. It is mainly applicable to backhaul in mobile base transceiver stations.

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central processing unit The computational and control unit of a computer. The CPU is the device that
(CPU) interprets and executes instructions. The CPU has the ability to fetch, decode, and
execute instructions and to transfer information to and from other resources over the
computer's main data-transfer path, the bus.
circuit emulation A function with which the E1/T1 data can be transmitted through ATM networks. At
service (CES) the transmission end, the interface module packs timeslot data into ATM cells. These
ATM cells are sent to the reception end through the ATM network. At the reception
end, the interface module re-assigns the data in these ATM cells to E1/T1 timeslots.
The CES technology guarantees that the data in E1/T1 timeslots can be recovered to
the original sequence at the reception end.
comma separated A CSV file is a text file that stores data, generally used as an electronic table or by the
values (CSV) database software.
command-line A means of communication between a program and its user, based solely on textual
interface (CLI) input and output. Commands are input with the help of a keyboard or similar device
and are interpreted and executed by the program. Results are output as text or graphics
to the terminal.
continuity check (CC) An Ethernet connectivity fault management (CFM) method used to detect the
connectivity between MEPs by having each MEP periodically transmit a Continuity
Check Message (CCM).
customer-premises Customer-premises equipment or customer-provided equipment (CPE) is any terminal
equipment (CPE) and associated equipment located at a subscriber's premises and connected with a
carrier's telecommunication channel at the demarcation point ("demarc"). The demarc
is a point established in a building or complex to separate customer equipment from
the equipment located in either the distribution infrastructure or central office of the
communications service provider. CPE generally refers to devices such as telephones,
routers, network switches, residential gateways (RG), set-top boxes, fixed mobile
convergence products, home networking adapters and Internet access gateways that
enable consumers to access communications service providers' services and distribute
them around their house via a local area network (LAN).

D
D-CCAP See Distributed Converged Cable Access Platform.
DB database
DC data center
DCC data communication channel
DCI See Data Center Interconnect.
DCM See dispersion compensation module.
DCN See data communication network.
DDoS See distributed denial of service.
DES-CBC Data Encryption Standard-Cipher Block Chaining
DSLAM See digital subscriber line access multiplexer.
DWDM See dense wavelength division multiplexing.
Data Center DCI refers to network interconnection between two data centers for cross-DC service
Interconnect (DCI) transmission and migration.

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Distributed Converged Distributed converged cable access platform (D-CCAP) meets the requirements of
Cable Access Platform triple-play network services over hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks of multiservice
(D-CCAP) operators (MSOs) because of unique advantages of the D-CCAPs, such as high
bandwidth and supporting HFC networks.
DoS See denial of service.
data communication A communication network used in a TMN or between TMNs to support the data
network (DCN) communication function.
denial of service (DoS) DoS attack is used to attack a system by sending a large number of data packets. As a
result, the system cannot receive requests from the valid users or the host is suspended
and cannot work normally. DoS attack includes SYN flood, Fraggle, and others. The
DoS attacker only stops the valid user from accessing resources or devices instead of
searching for the ingresses of the intranet.
dense wavelength The technology that utilizes the characteristics of broad bandwidth and low
division multiplexing attenuation of single mode optical fiber, employs multiple wavelengths with specific
(DWDM) frequency spacing as carriers, and allows multiple channels to transmit simultaneously
in the same fiber.
digital subscriber line A network device, usually situated in the main office of a telephone company, that
access multiplexer receives signals from multiple customer Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) connections
(DSLAM) and uses multiplexing techniques to put these signals on a high-speed backbone line.
dispersion A type of module that contains dispersion compensation fibers to compensate for the
compensation module dispersion of the transmitting fiber.
(DCM)
distributed denial of Distributed Denial of Service attack is one in which a multitude of compromised
service (DDoS) systems attack a single target, therefore causing denial of service for users of the
targeted system. The flood of incoming messages to the target system essentially and
occupies the resources of it, therefore denying services to legitimate users.

E
E-LAN See Ethernet local area network.
E-Line See Ethernet line.
E2E end to end
ECC See embedded control channel.
EDFA See erbium-doped fiber amplifier.
EPL See Ethernet private line.
EPON See Ethernet passive optical network.
EVPL See Ethernet virtual private line.
EVPN See Ethernet VPN.
EoO Ethernet over OTN
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Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is a VPN technology used for Layer 2
network interconnection. EVPN uses a mechanism similar to BGP or MPLS IP VPN.
By extending BGP and using extended reachability information, EVPN enables MAC
address learning and advertisement between Layer 2 networks at different sites to be
transferred from the data plane to the control plane.
Ethernet line (E-Line) A type of Ethernet service that is based on a point-to-point EVC (Ethernet virtual
connection).
Ethernet local area A type of Ethernet service that is based on a multipoint-to-multipoint EVC (Ethernet
network (E-LAN) virtual connection).
Ethernet passive An Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) is a passive optical network based on
optical network Ethernet. It is a new generation broadband access technology that uses a point-to-
(EPON) multipoint structure and passive fiber transmission. It supports upstream/downstream
symmetrical rates of 1.25 Gbit/s and a reach distance of up to 20 km. In the
downstream direction, the bandwidth is shared based on encrypted broadcast
transmission for different users. In the upstream direction, the bandwidth is shared
based on TDM. EPON meets the requirements for high bandwidth.
Ethernet private line A type of Ethernet service provided by SDH, PDH, ATM, or MPLS server layer
(EPL) networks. This service is carried over dedicated bandwidth between point-to-point
connections.
Ethernet virtual A type of Ethernet service provided by SDH, PDH, ATM, or MPLS server layer
private line (EVPL) networks. This service is carried over shared bandwidth between point-to-point
connections.
embedded control A logical channel that uses a data communications channel (DCC) as its physical layer
channel (ECC) to enable the transmission of operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM)
information between NEs.
erbium-doped fiber An optical device that amplifies optical signals. This device uses a short optical fiber
amplifier (EDFA) doped with the rare-earth element, Erbium. The signal to be amplified and a pump
laser are multiplexed into the doped fiber, and the signal is amplified by interacting
with doping ions. When the amplifier passes an external light source pump, it
amplifies the optical signals in a specific wavelength range.

F
FCAPS Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, Security
FDN fixed dialing number
FIB See forwarding information base.
FPGA See field programmable gate array.
FRR See fast reroute.
FTP See File Transfer Protocol.
FTTB See fiber to the building.
FTTC See fiber to the curb.
FTTH See fiber to the home.
File Transfer Protocol A member of the TCP/IP suite of protocols, used to copy files between two computers
(FTP) on the Internet. Both computers must support their respective FTP roles: one must be
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fast reroute (FRR) A technology which provides a temporary protection of link availability when part of
a network fails. The protocol enables the creation of a standby route or path for an
active route or path. When the active route is unavailable, the traffic on the active
route can be switched to the standby route. When the active route is recovered, the
traffic can be switched back to the active route. FRR is categorized into IP FRR, VPN
FRR, and TE FRR.
fiber to the building A fiber-based networking scenario. There are two types of FTTB scenarios: multi-
(FTTB) dwelling unit (MDU) and business buildings. Each scenario includes the following
service types: FTTB to the MDU and FTTB to the business buildings.
fiber to the curb A fiber-based networking scenario. The FTTC scenario provides the following
(FTTC) services: asymmetric broadband services (such as digital broadcast service, VOD, file
download, and online gaming), symmetric broadband services (such as content
broadcast, email, file exchange, distance education, and distance medical care), POTS,
ISDN, and xDSL backhaul services.
fiber to the home A fiber-based networking scenario. The FTTH scenario provides the following
(FTTH) services: asymmetric broadband services (digital broadcast service, VoD, file
download, and online gaming), symmetric broadband services (content broadcast,
email, file exchange, distance education, and distance medical care), POTS, and ISDN
services.
field programmable A semi-customized circuit that is used in the Application Specific Integrated Circuit
gate array (FPGA) (ASIC) field and developed based on programmable components. FPGA remedies
many of the deficiencies of customized circuits, and allows the use of many more gate
arrays.
forwarding A table that provides information for network hardware (bridges and routers) for them
information base (FIB) to forward data packets to other networks. The information contained in a routing
table differs according to whether it is used by a bridge or a router. A bridge relies on
both the source (originating) and destination addresses to determine where and how to
forward a packet.

G
GMPLS generalized multiprotocol label switching
GNE See gateway network element.
GPON gigabit-capable passive optical network
GRE See Generic Routing Encapsulation.
GUI See graphical user interface.
Generic Routing A mechanism for encapsulating any network layer protocol over any other network.
Encapsulation (GRE) GRE is used for encapsulating IP datagrams tunneled through the Internet. GRE
serves as a Layer 3 tunneling protocol and provides a tunnel for transparently
transmitting data packets.
gateway network An NE that serves as a gateway for other NEs to communicate with a network
element (GNE) management system.
graphical user A visual computer environment that represents programs, files, and options with
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HA See high availability.

HFC See high-level foundation classes.
HMAC See hash-based message authentication code.
HQoS See hierarchical quality of service.
HSL See high-level script language.
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol
HTTPS See Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure.
HVPLS hierarchical virtual private LAN service
Hypertext Transfer An HTTP protocol that runs on top of transport layer security (TLS) and Secure
Protocol Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) for secured transactions. It is used to establish a reliable channel
(HTTPS) for encrypted communication and secure identification of a network web server.
HTTPS consists of communication over Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) within a
connection encrypted by Transport Layer Security, or its predecessor, Secure Sockets
Layer. The main motivation for HTTPS is authentication of the visited website and
protection of the privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
hash-based message In cryptography, a keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC) is a specific type
authentication code of message authentication code (MAC) involving a cryptographic hash function
(HMAC) (hence the 'H') in combination with a secret cryptographic key. As with any MAC, it
may be used to simultaneously verify both the data integrity and the authentication of
a message. Any cryptographic hash function, such as MD5 or SHA-1, may be used in
the calculation of an HMAC; the resulting MAC algorithm is termed HMAC-MD5 or
HMAC-SHA1 accordingly. The cryptographic strength of the HMAC depends upon
the cryptographic strength of the underlying hash function, the size of its hash output,
and on the size and quality of the key.
hierarchical quality of A type of QoS that controls the traffic of users and performs the scheduling according
service (HQoS) to the priority of user services. HQoS has an advanced traffic statistics function, and
the administrator can monitor the usage of bandwidth of each service. Hence, the
bandwidth can be allocated reasonably through traffic analysis.
high availability (HA) A scheme in which two modules operate in active/standby mode to achieve high
availability. When the active module fails, the standby module automatically takes
over the system functions of the active module.
high-level foundation A group of encapsulated function databases provided by the iSStar. You can use the
classes (HFC) provided functions to accelerate script editing.
high-level script A script language. Based on python, the HSL syntax is simple, clear, and extendable.
language (HSL)

I
IAM See Identity and Access Management.
IANA See Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
ICMP See Internet Control Message Protocol.
IDC See Internet Data Center.
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IETF Internet Engineering Task Force

IGP See Interior Gateway Protocol.
IOPS input/output operations per second
IP See Internet Protocol.
IP RAN See IP radio access network.
IP radio access A network that uses IP technology to achieve data backhaul on a radio access network.
network (IP RAN)
IPTV See Internet Protocol television.
IPv4 See Internet Protocol version 4.
IPv6 See Internet Protocol version 6.
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
ISP See Internet service provider.
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication Standardization Sector
Identity and Access A security management service provided by the public cloud system. This service
Management (IAM) includes identity management, permission management, and access control functions.
Integration Script Star The enhanced platform of the Huawei U2000, which is developed twice. You can
(iSStar) complete specific services through the provided HSL and HFC library program on the
platform.
Interior Gateway A routing protocol that is used within an autonomous system. The IGP runs in small-
Protocol (IGP) sized and medium-sized networks. The IGPs are RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, and IS-IS.
Internet Assigned A department operated by the IAB. IANA delegates authority for IP address-space
Numbers Authority allocation and ___domain-name assignment to the NIC and other organizations. IANA
(IANA) also maintains a database of assigned protocol identifiers used in the TCP/IP suite,
including autonomous system numbers.
Internet Control A network layer protocol that provides message control and error reporting between a
Message Protocol host server and an Internet gateway.
(ICMP)
Internet Data Center The telecommunications sector uses available Internet communication lines and
(IDC) bandwidth resources to establish a standard and carrier-class equipment environment
in which comprehensive services such as server hosting, renting, and other value-
added services are provided for enterprises and governments.
Internet Protocol (IP) The protocol within TCP/IP that governs the breakup of data messages into packets,
the routing of the packets from sender to destination network and station, and the
reassembly of the packets into the original data messages at the destination. IP runs at
the internetwork layer in the TCP/IP model—equivalent to the network layer in the
ISO/OSI reference model.The IP provides a connectionless datagram network layer
and allows an application to communicate transparently across several connected
networks.
Internet Protocol A system that provides TV services over the IP network. In the IPTV system, media
television (IPTV) streams from satellites, terrestrial, and studios are converted by the encoder to the
media streams applicable to the IP network. Then the media streams are transmitted to
the terminal layer on the IP network. Media content is displayed on a TV set after
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Internet Protocol The current version of the Internet Protocol (IP). IPv4 utilizes a 32bit address which is
version 4 (IPv4) assigned to hosts. An address belongs to one of five classes (A, B, C, D, or E) and is
written as 4 octets separated by periods and may range from 0.0.0.0 through to
255.255.255.255. Each IPv4 address consists of a network number, an optional
subnetwork number, and a host number. The network and subnetwork numbers
together are used for routing, and the host number is used to address an individual host
within the network or subnetwork.
Internet Protocol An update version of IPv4, which is designed by the Internet Engineering Task Force
version 6 (IPv6) (IETF) and is also called IP Next Generation (IPng). It is a new version of the Internet
Protocol. The difference between IPv6 and IPv4 is that an IPv4 address has 32 bits
while an IPv6 address has 128 bits.
Internet service An organization that offers users access to the Internet and related services.
provider (ISP)
IoT Internet of Things
iSStar See Integration Script Star.
integrated digital A set of digital nodes and digital links that uses integrated digital transmission and
network (IDN) switches to provide digital connections between two or more defined points.

K
KPI key performance indicator

L
L2VPN Layer 2 virtual private network
L3VPN Layer 3 virtual private network
LAG See link aggregation group.
LAN See local area network.
LB See loopback.
LLDP See Link Layer Discovery Protocol.
LSA link-state advertisement
LSR See label switching router.
LTE See Long Term Evolution.
Link Layer Discovery The Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) is an L2D protocol defined in IEEE
Protocol (LLDP) 802.1ab. Using the LLDP, the NMS can rapidly obtain the Layer 2 network topology
and changes in topology when the network scales expand.
Long Term Evolution LTE, an abbreviation for Long-Term Evolution, commonly marketed as 4G LTE, is a
(LTE) standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data
terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies,
increasing the capacity and speed using a different radio interface together with core
network improvements.[1][2] The standard is developed by the 3GPP (3rd Generation
Partnership Project) and is specified in its Release 8 document series, with minor
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label switching router Basic element of an MPLS network. All LSRs support the MPLS protocol. The LSR
(LSR) is composed of two parts: control unit and forwarding unit. The former is responsible
for allocating the label, selecting the route, creating the label forwarding table,
creating and removing the label switch path; the latter forwards the labels according to
groups received in the label forwarding table.
link aggregation group An aggregation that allows one or more links to be aggregated together to form a link
(LAG) aggregation group so that a MAC client can treat the link aggregation group as if it
were a single link.
local area network A network formed by the computers and workstations within the coverage of a few
(LAN) square kilometers or within a single building, featuring high speed and low error rate.
Current LANs are generally based on switched Ethernet or Wi-Fi technology and run
at 1,000 Mbit/s (that is, 1 Gbit/s).
loopback (LB) A troubleshooting technique that returns a transmitted signal to its source so that the
signal or message can be analyzed for errors. The loopback can be a inloop or outloop.

M
MA maintenance association
MAC See Media Access Control.
MBB mobile broadband
MD See maintenance ___domain.
MD5 See message digest algorithm 5.
MDF See main distribution frame.
MDU See multi-dwelling unit.
ME See managed element.
MEP maintenance association end point
MIB See management information base.
MIP maintenance association intermediate point
MO managed object
MOS mean opinion score
MPLS See Multiprotocol Label Switching.
MPLS VPN See multiprotocol label switching virtual private network.
MS-PW See multi-segment pseudo wire.
MSAN multiservice access node
MSTP See multi-service transmission platform.
MTOSI Multi-Technology Operations System Interface
MTTR See Mean Time to Repair.
Mean Time to Repair The average time that a device will take to recover from a failure.
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Media Access Control A protocol at the media access control sublayer. The protocol is at the lower part of
(MAC) the data link layer in the OSI model and is mainly responsible for controlling and
connecting the physical media at the physical layer. When transmitting data, the MAC
protocol checks whether to be able to transmit data. If the data can be transmitted,
certain control information is added to the data, and then the data and the control
information are transmitted in a specified format to the physical layer. When receiving
data, the MAC protocol checks whether the information is correct and whether the
data is transmitted correctly. If the information is correct and the data is transmitted
correctly, the control information is removed from the data and then the data is
transmitted to the LLC layer.
Multiprotocol Label A technology that uses short tags of fixed length to encapsulate packets in different
Switching (MPLS) link layers, and provides connection-oriented switching for the network layer on the
basis of IP routing and control protocols.
main distribution A device at a central office, on which all local loops are terminated.
frame (MDF)
maintenance ___domain The network or the part of the network for which connectivity is managed by
(MD) connectivity fault management (CFM). The devices in a maintenance ___domain are
managed by a single Internet service provider (ISP).
managed element A particular entity or resource in a networked system environment. It can also
(ME) represent a physical piece of equipment on the network, the components of the device
on the network, or parts of the network itself.
management A type of database used for managing the devices in a communications network. It
information base comprises a collection of objects in a (virtual) database used to manage entities (such
(MIB) as routers and switches) in a network.
message digest A hash function that is used in a variety of security applications to check message
algorithm 5 (MD5) integrity. MD5 processes a variable-length message into a fixed-length output of 128
bits. It breaks up an input message into 512-bit blocks (sixteen 32-bit little-endian
integers). After a series of processing, the output consists of four 32-bit words, which
are then cascaded into a 128-bit hash number.
multi-dwelling unit A network access unit used for multi-dwelling units. It provides Ethernet and IP
(MDU) services and optionally VoIP or CATV services; has multiple broadband interfaces on
the user side and optionally POTS ports or CATV RF ports. It is mainly applicable to
FTTB, FTTC, or FTTCab networks.
multi-segment pseudo A collection of multiple adjacent PW segments. Each PW segment is a point-to-point
wire (MS-PW) PW. The use of MS-PWs to bear services saves tunnel resources and can transport
services over different networks.
multi-service A platform based on the SDH platform, capable of accessing, processing and
transmission platform transmitting TDM services, ATM services, and Ethernet services, and providing
(MSTP) unified management of these services.
multiprotocol label An Internet Protocol (IP) virtual private network (VPN) based on the multiprotocol
switching virtual label switching (MPLS) technology. It applies the MPLS technology for network
private network routers and switches, simplifies the routing mode of core routers, and combines
(MPLS VPN) traditional routing technology and label switching technology. It can be used to
construct the broadband Intranet and Extranet to meet various service requirements.

N
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NCE See Network Cloud Engine.

NE See network element.
NETCONF See Network Configuration Protocol.
NGFW See Next-Generation Firewall.
NML See network management layer.
NMS See network management system.
NNI network node interface
NSAP See network service access point.
NT1 See network termination 1.
NTP See Network Time Protocol.
Network Cloud Engine A unified platform that manages, controls, and maintains cloud-based SDN networks.
(NCE) The Network Cloud Engine (NCE) can be used in carrier, enterprise, and residential
service scenarios. It is a unified software orchestration and workflow engine that
implements automation and autonomy, including planning and simulation, service
provisioning, monitoring, assurance, and optimization, on physical and virtual
networks throughout their lifecycles.
Network NETCONF is the communication management protocol for V8-based NEs. It uses
Configuration Protocol XML-based data encoding for the configuration data and protocol messages, and
(NETCONF) provides a mechanism for installing, operating, and deleting NEs.
Network Time The Network Time Protocol (NTP) defines the time synchronization mechanism. It
Protocol (NTP) synchronizes the time between the distributed time server and the client.
Next-Generation The Next Generation Firewall is a line-speed device specific to network security. It
Firewall (NGFW) integrates intelligent interworking with other network devices, visual application
identification and control, and legacy firewall functions, fulfilling the needs of
enterprises on network security.
network element (NE) An entity that contains hardware and software. An NE has at least one main control
board that manages and monitors the entire network element. The NE software runs on
the main control board.
network management A management layer which is responsible for the management of network elements on
layer (NML) an individual or collective basis.
network management A system in charge of the operation, administration, and maintenance of a network.
system (NMS)
network service access A network address defined by ISO, at which the OSI Network Service is made
point (NSAP) available to a Network service user by the Network service provider.
network termination 1 A type of terminal device that provides U-interface and S/T interface, used to connect
(NT1) the ISDN terminals and ISDN exchange equipment. It mainly performs code switch
between the U-interface and the S/T interface, such as the code switch between the
2B1Q and the AMI in Chinese standards. The NT1 mostly work at only the physical
layer, without software intelligence; the devices, however, support functions of line
maintenance and performance monitoring, and ensure the clock synchronization
between the ISDN terminals and the network.
northbound interface An interface that connects to the upper-layer device to provision services and report
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OAM See operation, administration and maintenance.
OCS optical core switching
OCh optical channel with full functionality
ODN optical distribution network
ODU Optical channel Data Unit
ODUk optical channel data unit - k
OLA optical line amplifier
OLT optical line terminal
OMC See operation and maintenance center.
OMS optical multiplexing section
ONT See optical network terminal.
ONU See optical network unit.
OP operator variant algorithm configuration field
OPEX See operating expense.
OPS See optical physical section.
OSI open systems interconnection
OSN optical switch node
OSNR See optical signal-to-noise ratio.
OSPF See Open Shortest Path First.
OSPF-TE Open Shortest Path First-Traffic Engineering
OSS operations support system
OTN optical transport network
OTS See optical transmission section.
OTT over the top
OVPN Optical Virtual Private Network
Open Shortest Path A link-state, hierarchical interior gateway protocol (IGP) for network routing that uses
First (OSPF) cost as its routing metric. A link state database is constructed of the network topology,
which is identical on all routers in the area.
OpenStack An open cloud computing management platform that consists of multiple components.
It features simple installation and scalability and can provide various functions and a
unified standard in various cloud environments.
operating expense An operating expense, operating expenditure, operational expense, operational
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operation and An element within a network management system responsible for the operations and
maintenance center maintenance of a specific element or group of elements. For example an OMC-Radio
(OMC) may be responsible for the management of a radio subsystem where as an OMC-
Switch may be responsible for the management of a switch or exchange. However,
these will in turn be under the control of a NMC (Network Management Centre)
which controls the entire network.
operation, A set of network management functions that cover fault detection, notification,
administration and ___location, and repair.
maintenance (OAM)
optical network A device that terminates the fiber optical network at the customer premises.
terminal (ONT)
optical network unit A form of Access Node that converts optical signals transmitted via fiber to electrical
(ONU) signals that can be transmitted via coaxial cable or twisted pair copper wiring to
individual subscribers.
optical physical section A network segment in the physical layer of optical network.
(OPS)
optical signal-to-noise The ratio of signal power to noise power in a transmission link. OSNR is the most
ratio (OSNR) important index for measuring the performance of a DWDM system.
optical transmission A section in the logical structure of an optical transport network (OTN). The OTS
section (OTS) allows the network operator to perform monitoring and maintenance tasks between
NEs.

P
P2MP point-to-multipoint
P2P See point-to-point service.
PE See provider edge.
PER packed encoding rules
PKI See public key infrastructure.
PMS performance management system
PON passive optical network
POTS See plain old telephone service.
PPP Point-to-Point Protocol
PRA See primary rate access.
PSN See packet switched network.
PSTN See public switched telephone network.
PTN packet transport network
PVC permanent virtual channel
PW See pseudo wire.
PWE3 See pseudo wire emulation edge-to-edge.
packet switched A telecommunications network that works in packet switching mode.
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plain old telephone The basic telephone service provided through the traditional cabling such as twisted
service (POTS) pair cables.
point-to-point service A service between two terminal users. In P2P services, senders and recipients are
(P2P) terminal users.
primary rate access A standardized ISDN user-network interface structure utilizing the capacity of the
(PRA) primary level of the digital hierarchy, that is, 1544 kbit/s or 2048 kbit/s digit rate.
Note: The digit rate of any D-channel in this interface structure is 64 kbit/s.
provider edge (PE) A device that is located in the backbone network of the MPLS VPN structure. A PE is
responsible for managing VPN users, establishing LSPs between PEs, and exchanging
routing information between sites of the same VPN. A PE performs the mapping and
forwarding of packets between the private network and the public channel. A PE can
be a UPE, an SPE, or an NPE.
pseudo wire (PW) An emulated connection between two PEs for transmitting frames. The PW is
established and maintained by PEs through signaling protocols. The status information
of a PW is maintained by the two end PEs of a PW.
pseudo wire emulation An end-to-end Layer 2 transmission technology. It emulates the essential attributes of
edge-to-edge (PWE3) a telecommunication service such as ATM, FR or Ethernet in a packet switched
network (PSN). PWE3 also emulates the essential attributes of low speed time
division multiplexing (TDM) circuit and SONET/SDH. The simulation approximates
to the real situation.
public key A concept based on Public Key Cryptography. It provides the system created and
infrastructure (PKI) managed by the public key and supports the efficient implementation of data
encryption and key exchange.
public switched A telecommunications network established to perform telephone services for the
telephone network public subscribers. Sometimes it is called POTS.
(PSTN)

Q
QinQ See 802.1Q in 802.1Q.

R
RADIUS See Remote Authentication Dial In User Service.
RAID redundant array of independent disks
RAN See radio access network.
REG See regenerator.
REST See Representational State Transfer.
RESTCONF See RESTCONF.
RESTCONF An HTTP-based protocol that provides a programmatic interface for accessing data
(RESTCONF) defined in YANG, using the datastore concepts defined in the Network Configuration
Protocol (NETCONF).
RESTful RESTful is a software architecture style rather than a standard. It provides a set of
software design guidelines and constraints for designing software for interaction
between clients and servers. RESTful software is simpler and more hierarchical, and
facilitates the implementation of the cache mechanism.

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RFC See Requirement For Comments.

RFS resource-facing service
RMEP remote maintenance association end point
RMON remote network monitoring
RNC See radio network controller.
ROADM reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer
RPD route policy distribution
RPO See recovery point objective.
RSVP-TE See Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering.
RTN radio transmission node
RTO See recovery time objective.
Remote Authentication A security service that authenticates and authorizes dial-up users and is a centralized
Dial In User Service access control mechanism. As a distributed server/client system, RADIUS provides
(RADIUS) the AAA function.
Representational State Representational State Transfer (REST) is a style of software architecture for
Transfer (REST) distributed systems such as the World Wide Web. REST has emerged as a
predominant Web service design model.REST facilitates the transaction between web
servers by allowing loose coupling between different services.
Requirement For A document about standards, protocols, or other information pertaining to the
Comments (RFC) operation of the Internet. The RFC, under the control of the Internet Architecture
Board (IAB), is actually issued after discussion and serves as a standard document.
RFCs can be obtained from sources such as InterNIC.
Resource Reservation An extension to the RSVP protocol for setting up label switched paths (LSPs) in
Protocol-Traffic MPLS networks. The RSVP-TE protocol is used to establish and maintain the LSPs
Engineering (RSVP- by initiating label requests and allocating label binding messages. It also supports LSP
TE) rerouting and LSP bandwidth increasing.
radio access network The network that provides the connection between CPEs and the CN. It isolates the
(RAN) CN from wireless network.
radio network A device in a radio network subsystem that is in charge of controlling the usage and
controller (RNC) integrity of radio resources.
recovery point RPO is a service switchover policy, minimizing data loss during DR switchover. The
objective (RPO) data recovery point is used as the objective to ensure that the data used for DR
switchover is the latest backup data.
recovery time objective A service switchover policy that ensures the shortest switchover time. It tasks the
(RTO) recovery time point as the objective and ensures that the redundancy machine can take
over services as quickly as possible.
regenerator (REG) A piece of equipment or device that regenerates electrical signals.

S
SAML See Security Assertion Markup Language.
SAN See storage area network.

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SAS serial attached SCSI

SBU See single business unit.
SDH See synchronous digital hierarchy.
SDN See software-defined networking.
SFTP See Secure File Transfer Protocol.
SHDSL See single-pair high-speed digital subscriber line.
SIG service intelligence gateway
SLA See Service Level Agreement.
SMTP See Simple Mail Transfer Protocol.
SN service node
SNCP subnetwork connection protection
SNMP See simple network management protocol.
SOAP See Simple Object Access Protocol.
SPE See superstratum provider edge.
SR See strict routing.
SRG See shared risk group.
SRLG shared risk link group
SSH See Secure Shell.
SSO single sign-on
STM synchronous transfer mode
STM-1 See Synchronous Transport Module level 1.
STelnet Secure Shell Telnet
Secure File Transfer A network protocol designed to provide secure file transfer over SSH.
Protocol (SFTP)
Secure Shell (SSH) SSH is a set of network protocols for securing connections between computers, as
well as the utility suite that implements these protocols.
Security Assertion An XML-based open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data
Markup Language between security domains.
(SAML)
Service Level A service contract between a customer and a (SLA) service provider that specifies the
Agreement (SLA) forwarding service a customer should receive. A customer may be a user organization
(source ___domain) or another DS ___domain (upstream ___domain). A SLA may include traffic
conditioning rules which constitute a TCA in whole or in part.
Simple Mail Transfer The TCP/IP protocol which facilitates the transfer of electronic-mail messages,
Protocol (SMTP) specifies how two systems are to interact, and the format of messages used to control
the transfer of electronic mail.
Simple Object Access A type of protocol that is lightweight, simple, and XML-based. It is designed to
Protocol (SOAP) exchange structured information at web.

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Synchronous Synchronous transfer mode at 155 Mbit/s.

Transport Module
level 1 (STM-1)
shared risk group A group of resources that share a common risk component whose failure can cause the
(SRG) failure of all the resources in the group.
simple network An IETF protocol for monitoring and managing systems and devices in a network.The
management protocol data being monitored and managed is defined by a MIB. The functions supported by
(SNMP) the protocol are the request and retrieval of data, the setting or writing of data, and
traps that signal the occurrence of events.
single business unit A network access unit used for individual enterprise users or individual offices. It
(SBU) functions as a broadband access terminal, provides Ethernet, IP, and TDM services
and optionally VoIP services; has Ethernet and E1 interfaces and optionally POTS
ports. It is mainly applicable to FTTO networks.
single-pair high-speed A symmetric digital subscriber line technology developed from HDSL, SDSL, and
digital subscriber line HDSL2, which is defined in ITU-T G.991.2. The SHDSL port is connected to the user
(SHDSL) terminal through the plain telephone subscriber line and uses trellis coded pulse
amplitude modulation (TC-PAM) technology to transmit high-speed data and provide
the broadband access service.
software-defined Software-defined networking (SDN) is an approach to networking in which control is
networking (SDN) decoupled from hardware and given to a software application called a controller.
storage area network A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated network that provides access to
(SAN) consolidated, block level data storage. SANs are primarily used to make storage
devices, such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes, accessible to servers
so that the devices appear like locally attached devices to the operating system.A SAN
does not provide file abstraction, only block-level operations. However, file systems
built on top of SANs do provide file-level access, and are known as SAN filesystems
or shared disk file systems. An architecture to attach remote computer storage devices
such as disk array controllers, tape libraries and CD arrays to servers in such a way
that to the operating system the devices appear as locally attached devices.An
architecture to attach remote computer storage devices such as disk array controllers,
tape libraries and CD arrays to servers in such a way that to the operating system the
devices appear as locally attached devices.
strict routing (SR) A routing mode in which the Request-URI specifies the next destination address of a
short message. Before delivering a short message, each SIP Proxy replaces the
Request-URI of the short message with the address specified by the first route header
field, which ensures that the short message passes by all required SIP Proxies.
superstratum provider Core devices that are located within a VPLS full-meshed network. The UPE devices
edge (SPE) that are connected with the SPE devices are similar to the CE devices. The PWs set up
between the UPE devices and the SPE devices serve as the ACs of the SPE devices.
The SPE devices must learn the MAC addresses of all the sites on UPE side and those
of the UPE interfaces that are connected with the SPE. SPE is sometimes called NPE.
synchronous digital A transmission scheme that follows ITU-T G.707, G.708, and G.709. SDH defines the
hierarchy (SDH) transmission features of digital signals, such as frame structure, multiplexing mode,
transmission rate level, and interface code. SDH is an important part of ISDN and B-
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TCA threshold crossing alert

TCO See total cost of ownership.
TCP See Transmission Control Protocol.
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TDM See time division multiplexing.
TE Tunnel See Traffic Engineered Tunnel.
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
TL1 Transaction Language 1
TLS Transport Layer Security
TMN See telecommunications management network.
TSDN Transport Software Defined Networking
TTM See time to market.
Third Generation (3G) The third generation of digital wireless technology, as defined by the International
Telecommunications Union (ITU). Third generation technology is expected to deliver
data transmission speeds between 144 kbit/s and 2 Mbit/s, compared to the 9.6 kbit/s
to 19.2 kbit/s offered by second generation technology.
Traffic Engineered A combination of LSPs that is associated with a virtual tunnel interface.
Tunnel (TE Tunnel)
Transmission Control The protocol within TCP/IP that governs the breakup of data messages into packets to
Protocol (TCP) be sent using Internet Protocol (IP), and the reassembly and verification of the
complete messages from packets received by IP. A connection-oriented, reliable
protocol (reliable in the sense of ensuring error-free delivery), TCP corresponds to the
transport layer in the ISO/OSI reference model.
telecommunications A protocol model defined by ITU-T for managing open systems in a communications
management network network. TMN manages the planning, provisioning, installation, and OAM of
(TMN) equipment, networks, and services.
time division A multiplexing technology. TDM divides the sampling cycle of a channel into time
multiplexing (TDM) slots (TSn, n is equal to 0, 1, 2, 3...), and the sampling value codes of multiple signals
engross time slots in a certain order, forming multiple multiplexing digital signals to
be transmitted over one channel.
time to market (TTM) The length of time it takes from a product being conceived until its being available for
sale.
total cost of ownership Total cost of ownership (TCO) is a financial estimate whose purpose is to help
(TCO) consumers and enterprise managers determine direct and indirect costs of a product or
system. It is a management accounting concept that can be used in full cost accounting
or even ecological economics where it includes social costs.

U
UNI See user-to-network interface.
UPE user-end provider edge
URL See uniform resource locator.

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USM User-based Security Model

UTC See Coordinated Universal Time.
uniform resource An address that uniquely identifies a ___location on the Internet. A URL is usually
locator (URL) preceded by http://, as in http://www.example.com. A URL can contain more details,
such as the name of a hypertext page, often with the file name extension .html or .htm.
user-to-network The interface between user equipment and private or public network equipment (for
interface (UNI) example, ATM switches).

V
VCSA VMware vCenter Server Appliance
VDSL2 See very-high-speed digital subscriber line 2.
VE virtual Ethernet
VIP very important person
VLAN See virtual local area network.
VLL virtual leased line
VM See virtual machine.
VP See virtual path.
VPLS virtual private LAN segment
VPN virtual private network
VRF VPN routing and forwarding
VRRP See Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol.
VXLAN Virtual Extensible LAN
Virtual Router A protocol designed for multicast or broadcast LANs such as an Ethernet. A group of
Redundancy Protocol routers (including an active router and several backup routers) in a LAN is regarded as
(VRRP) a virtual router, which is called a backup group. The virtual router has its own IP
address. The host in the network communicates with other networks through this
virtual router. If the active router in the backup group fails, one of the backup routers
in this backup group becomes active and provides routing service for the host in the
network.
VoIP voice over IP
vCPU virtualized CPU
very-high-speed digital An extension of the VDSL technology, which complies with ITU G.993.2, supports
subscriber line 2 multiple spectrum profiles and encapsulation modes, and provides short-distance and
(VDSL2) high-speed access solutions to the next-generation FTTx access service.
virtual local area A logical grouping of two or more nodes which are not necessarily on the same
network (VLAN) physical network segment but which share the same IP network number. This is often
associated with switched Ethernet.

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virtual machine (VM) A software simulation of a complete computer system, which runs in an independent
environment and provides all hardware system functions. A physical machine can be
virtualized as multiple VMs based on application requirements, which allows multiple
operating systems to run on the same physical machine. Each operating system can be
virtually partitioned and configured, and users can switch between operating
systems.A virtual machine is a software computer that, like a physical computer, runs
an operating system and applications. Multiple virtual machines can operate on the
same host system concurrently.
virtual path (VP) A bundle of virtual channels, all of which are switched transparently across an ATM
network based on a common VPI.

W
WAN wide area network
WDM wavelength division multiplexing

X
xDSL x digital subscriber line

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